Outdoor fun

Thomas playing on the music wall at Tots Go Wild

Forest school fun at Tots Go Wild, Black Park

As part of our efforts to get outside more with our #1000hoursoutside challenge, I signed Thomas up at the start of the year for Tots Go Wild forest school sessions…

Sophie and Thomas paddling in the sea at Hayling Island

#1000hoursoutside 2022 – April – June update

We’ve now passed the halfway point on our challenge to spend 1000 hours outside in 2022. During the first quarter of the year we’d managed 186 hours 25 minutes outside…

Sophie and Thomas wrapped up in winter coats playing on the beach at Torquay

#1000hoursoutside 2022: January – March update

At the start of the year, I decided to take on the #1000hoursoutside challenge. This is my second year taking on this challenge, having managed to complete it in 2020.…

Sophie and Thomas climbing a tree

#1000hoursoutside – getting outdoors more in 2022

One of my aims for this year is to get outside a little more. To help motivate me, I’ve decided to take on the #1000hoursoutside challenge again. This is a…

Jessica, Sophie and C splashing in the stream

60 ideas for summer holiday activities

Each summer, we put together a list of summer holiday activities that we would like to do together. It’s always a mix of simple activities with a couple of bigger…

Sophie holding a buff tip moth, a white ermine moth and two dark arches moths

#30DaysWild 2021 – Week 4

Our fifth #30DaysWild has now come to an end. We’ve enjoyed joining in again. As with previous years, it’s encouraged us to take a closer look and we’ve learned new…

A bee on a red clover

#30DaysWild 2021 – Week 3

We’re now three-quarters of the way through this year’s #30DaysWild and have been enjoying getting outdoors and learning more about wildlife and nature. We tend to come up with our…

A banded demoiselle damselfly on Sophie's hat

#30DaysWild 2021 – Week 2

We’re now more than halfway through this year’s #30DaysWild, a challenge run by The Wildlife Trusts encouraging people to do one ‘random act of wildness’ each day in June. This…

A rainbow of rhododendron flowers

#30DaysWild 2021 – Week 1

My favourite thing about June is taking part in #30DaysWild, a challenge run by The Wildlife Trusts encouraging people to do one ‘random act of wildness’ each day in June.…

Sophie finding Easter eggs in Grandma's garden with Thomas looking on

Easter Sunday fun: an egg hunt and learning to ride a bike without stabilisers

It was so good over the Easter weekend to be able to meet up with family living locally thanks to the relaxing of restrictions allowing groups of six, or two…