Yeah it’s bluebell time in the woods! When the ancient woodlands around the valley where we lived in southeast England turned blue, I used to take my twins Luce and Theo for walks to see the bluebells every year. Often they flower away for weeks non stop. Sometimes my kids were rather annoyed with them […]
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We’d heard there was a badger sett somewhere in the woods near us but we weren’t sure where it was exactly located. It was time to be nature detectives and follow a badger path to see whether it would lead us to the sett. Badger communities – or clans – live in underground communal dens
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If it’s a sunny day with no sign of wind or rain, I know a surefire way to get my kids away from the TV and ready to spend time in the great outdoors within minutes. All I have to ask is… Would you like a picnic in the woods?” Now with grown ups picnics without
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So often when we go on a walk in the woods and my kids climb the boughs of trees near the ground, they look up at the tree tops longingly. I finally took them on a treetop adventure so they could make this dream real. More and more forests, adventure parks and even city centres
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What’s better a concrete playground or a natural play area? Many communities, schools, parks and organisations globally – including the National Trust in the UK – are answering this question by designing natural semi-wild spaces for children to play in and explore. This is a result of research increasingly showing that reconnecting kids with nature
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Boulders and small sandstone cliffs lined the path with majestic trees clinging to them like warrior riders. Luce and Theo pretended that they were explorers in a time warp as they climbed and traversed the sandrock outcrops. We were following the Rock Walk which winds for over a kilometre along the edge of Bloomer Valley
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