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in Local Exploring· Summer

Glamping At Warren Farm

28 Jul

We love camping and we love exploring, whether that be wild camping, festival camping, wild camping in the mountains, the garden or even the living room. We like to get back to basics and slum it in a tent without a care in the world…

RSPB Big Wild Sleepout

in Garden· Outdoor Fun

RSPB Big Wild Sleepout

15 Jun

We were asked if we would do a ‘Big Wild Sleepout‘ in our garden for the RSPB and post about how we got on. We were not given any specific guidelines or needs, the only ask was that we have a ‘Big Wild Sleepout’…. So, how we did this, was entirely up to us. The Big wild Sleepout takes place… View Post

in Outdoor Fun· Summer

Shower Curtain Water Sliding

22 Jun

We wanted to make our own water slide so we took an old shower curtain, some baby bubble bath, some tent pegs & a camping container full of water to a grassy bank… We put the sheet on the bank and secured it in the corners using tent pegs making sure they were not protruding out at all. With a… View Post

in Outdoor Fun· Summer

RSPB Big Wild Sleepout

7 Jun

This week Family Days were contacted by the RSPB…which is fantastic to of been thought of. We were asked if we would do a ‘Big Wild Sleepout’ specifically for the RSPB & post how we got on. We accepted this with pleasure….Eeeeeek. We were not given any specific guidelines or needs, the only ask was that we have a ‘Big… View Post

in Outdoor Fun

Outdoor Playstations

21 Apr

Playstations with a difference, how they should be… We made our own outdoor Playstations using trees…here’s what we did… Our first was a ‘Art station’ Playstation.. Our second was a ‘Lego Playstation’ Our third was a ‘makeup Playstation’ Our fourth was a ‘climbing ladder Playstation’ Lastly we stepped away from our Playstations to make mountains out of molehills 🙂 If… View Post

in Embrace Imagination· Indoor Fun

Indoor Campout

16 Apr

We decided we wanted to go camping but didn’t fancy pitching up in the rain so we had an indoor campout instead.. Here’s what we did…

in Outdoor Fun· Summer

Tipi Building

13 Apr

We found a length of material at a car boot sale and decided to head out to try our hand at tipi building… We took some string and found an open spot to build, we gathered some long strong branches and began putting it together… Here’s how we got on.. Looking good…. For first time teepee builders we did a… View Post

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🦇 The man did good!👏 Yesterday Andy finished 🦇 The man did good!👏
Yesterday Andy finished everything needed to make the bats comfortable. 
We have oodles of bats flying around the churchyard but after a few seasons of bat surveys it was established we don’t actually have bats with if the church 👌 this is pleasing for us as it means that we get the enjoyment of watch them on a summers evening with the knowledge that there are none in residence. 
Although it was established we don’t have resident bats, roosts or nurseries we still had to do what we could to accomplish them should they wish to take up residence in the church. 
As part of this process we have...
🦇Turned a dilapidated underground furnace room into a bat cave with entrance points, wall hangers and crevices.
🦇 Built a substantial ‘Battic’ in the ceiling in the vestry...a false ceiling was installed for this.
🦇 The children moulded and helped install bat tiles for the roof using a mallet and sheet lead method. 
🦇 Raised the ridge tiles on the vestry roof as entrance points to the ‘Battic’. 

For a building that doesn’t have any resident bats they sure will be comfy should they move in. 

🦇 Bats are a protected species and obtaining bat licenses to permit you to build without endangering them, destroying or disturbing existing or potential habitat in the U.K. is an extremely important (and lengthily) process.

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