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 at Black Park. We attended sessions every week from January through to July and it was a wonderful way of encouraging Thomas to engage in… Read More
Sophie occasionally goes to arts and crafts sessions run by Halo Children Foundation, a local charity which supports bereaved children. One of the aims of Halo is to help provide children with happy memories. As well as the monthly sessions, they also run a weekly gardening club in the spring and summer and arrange various… Read More
During half-term we headed to Black Park to take part in their Halloween trail. Sophie and I had arranged to meet up with her friend F and his mummy. Black Park was the perfect place to meet, especially with the trail taking place. For this year’s Halloween trail, we had to find ten… Read More
At some point during the school holidays, there is usually a themed trail to follow at Black Park. The girls and I have done quite a few different ones – Easter trails, fairy trails, bugs and beasts. We loved doing the trails together but I hadn’t done one with Sophie since Jessica died. In the… Read More
Woods are magical places full of fairies and elves hiding. My girls love looking out for signs of the fairy-folk when out exploring. They loved hunting for fairies last year on a trail at Black Park. When I saw there would be another trail this year, I knew we had to do it again. … Read More
Having a trail to follow always makes a walk a little more interesting. It’s also a good way of getting the girls to explore different areas and helping them to enjoy a long walk without being so aware of how long it is. Little legs don’t tire quite so quickly when there are things to… Read More
When we were putting together our summer activities list, one of Jessica’s requests was “to find some fairies.” A few days later I discovered that Black Park were running a Fairies and Elves trail at the beginning of August – the perfect opportunity to go hunting for fairies and tick another activity off the list.… Read More