Raindrops on trailers and toddlers in mittens It’s a long time since I pulled a toddler in a trailer up a hill, but the sensation hasn’t changed. It’s just as painful a business as ever, both mentally and physically. The only difference is it’s not my kid in the trailer today; it’s my 3 year [...]
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Out Under the Stars: Our Sleepover Season
Out Under the Stars: Our Sleepover Season The Family Adventure Project is having a sleepover. In fact, we’re having loads of them. In different locations. With our kids. Because everyone knows that kids love sleepovers. But they also love their bedrooms. And we don’t want our kids to stay in their bedrooms. So, with the [...]
No More Party Bags: 7 Outdoor Kids Party Ideas
No More Party Bags: 7 Outdoor Kids Party Ideas Are your children’s parties more chore than cheer? Are they costing you a fortune? Peer pressure from other parents and a desire to please our little birthday girls and boys means we can’t quite go back to how it used to be…with a few sausage rolls, [...]
Beyond the beaches: an Algarve Jeep Safari
Beyond the beaches: An Algarve Jeep Safari Portugal’s Algarve may be a seaside paradise but there’s more to it than sand and surf. With orange groves, cork plantations and traditional hillside villages, the interior of the region is ripe for exploring by foot or bike. And if the sun is too hot or your feet [...]
5 Romantic UK Family City Breaks!
Valentines Day is coming and of course you’re going off together for that five star champagne spa break in the most romantic city on the planet. ”Yeh, right!” I hear you cry, “Who’s going to have the kids?” Well, why not take them with you? Family and romance are not incompatible. In fact going somewhere [...]
Talking Point 16: Getting family adventure motivation
Talking Point: Getting family motivation to adventure The final leg of our winter walk across The Lake District takes us from Thirlmere to Keswick, via an ancient stone circle. And as we eat our celebration fish and chips, we reflect on the power of a challenge to generate family motivation and keep us all going, whatever [...]
Sculpted by nature or by man? At Thirlmere
Sculpted by nature or shaped by man? Day 6 of our winter walk across The Lake District takes us from the wilds of Dunmail Raise on a route that traces the eastern line of Thirlmere. And while everything here looks natural and beautiful, looks can be deceptive and everything is not necessarily what it seems. Which [...]
Grasmere walk: A walk to the wild side
Grasmere walk: A walk to the wild side Day 5 of our winter walk across The Lake District and we find ourselves leaving behind the towns and villages to walk into a wilder place. A mile or so beyond Grasmere, we cross a fell gate and enter another Lake District. This place looks different, feels different [...]
A Walk Back in Time, through Lake District history
Rydal to Grasmere: A walk through Lake District history We know we are in Central Lakeland when our winter walk across The Lake District veers into another age and becomes a walk through Lake District history. While on the inside hotel decor and restaurant menus might have moved with the times, on the outside the landscape [...]
Walking in the footsteps of Poets: Rydal Hall Walk
Walking in the Footsteps of Poets To walk in the footsteps of the poets, you don’t have to do a marathon. Not if you come to Cumbria. A toddler could comfortably tackle this part of our winter walk across The Central Lakes; stomping through the haunts of Wordsworth and his missus, and playing hide and [...]
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