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Finding Fairy Gems On Sugar Loaf Mountain

22 Oct

It was a beautiful day for a walk in the mountains…

Magical pearl hunt

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Magical Pearl Hunt

19 Oct

It’s so easy to introduce a little bit of magic and make-believe into childhood. It can turn an ordinary walk into an extraordinary adventure in a child’s eyes. We went on a magical adventure to find dropped pearls to make a necklace…

in Outdoor Fun

Letter Trail

19 Jun

We did a letter trail on the way home from school, it was a great way to get the kids enthused about walking and eager to practice their reading and recognition skills.

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Outdoor Wordsearching

3 Jan

  Today we decided that we wanted to go for an adventure in search of a waterfall…. We love the outdoors and adore nothing better than popping on our wellies during the winter months and heading out to explore, sometimes we just walk and make use of all the natural beauties around us but other times we use small gestures… View Post

in Outdoor Fun

20 Ways to Get Kids Excited About Walking

19 Jan

Often a great way to get kids enthused about getting outdoors is to offer an incentive. This doesn’t have to be huge and the smallest of offerings can make the biggest impact. It can make a walk fun in the eyes of a child and turn a simple ‘blowing away of the cobwebs’ into an adventure. Here’s some ideas to… View Post

in Local Exploring

Skirrid Fawr Mountain Sunset Walk

15 Dec

Skirrid Fawr is a beautiful mountain based in Abergavenny, Mid Wales, it has with stunning 360 views, it’s a real treat for little effort and manageable for the smallest of legs. It’s an ideal walk to watch he sun rise or descend. The woodlands surrounding it are carpeted with flowers.

in Local Exploring

Craig Cerrig Gleisiad a Fan Frynych Walk

6 May

We decided to embark on a Sunday afternoon adventure to a beautiful place nestled within the heart of the Brecon Beacons. Craig Cerrig-Gleisiad y Fan Frynych sits in a National NatureReserve & is a great example of how the ice age formed the bowls within the mountains, rich in wildlife the cliffs act as a vertical woodland with trees and… View Post

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Feeling a bit me’h today so I’ve cheered myself up by booking a spring date for our wedding...it’s only taken 8 children, around 30 years and a church to get around to doing it 😁

And as it’s going to be a lockdown affair we’ve chosen the spring given the abundance of flowers in the churchyard that we’ll get to enjoy our day surrounded by 🌸🌼🌸🥰
Restoration realities... 🧡 Windowsil grubs, the Restoration realities...
🧡 Windowsil grubs, they just seem to be forever filthy and gather muck more indoors than out. 
Everyday I remind myself that the dirt will wash away but the memories will remain forever 😬
🪚 🪛 🪵 🧁 🧑‍🍳 We made our own ru 🪚 🪛 🪵 🧁 🧑‍🍳 We made our own rustic cake stand! The 8 year old made a plan before using tools to cut some wood slices, drill some holes and screw together his design.
He then made some fairy cakes and decorated them  to make a centrepiece dessert 🌸🧁

It was really easy to do and highly effective, he was very proud of himself 🥰👏
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