Continuing our celebration of spring and getting outdoors, leading travel writer for The Times – Christopher Somerville – capture’s the wonder of a walk in a perfect ‘fairy’ bluebell wood. ‘O, that lone flower recalled to me My happy childhood’s hours, When bluebells seemed like fairy gifts, A prize among the flowers.’ In this simple […]
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“The world’s not such a bad place,” says Calvin, of Calvin and Hobbes fame, “when you can get out in it.” One word sums up the current experience of children in Britain: “enclosure.” It is a cultural peculiarity: no previous generation has known it, and traditional societies all over the world have given children a […]
Spring has finally sprung; and what better way to get the kids outside at this time of year, than exploring the magic of a local bluebell wood? We asked top nature writer for the Guardian – Paul Evans – to capture an image through the medium of words of his idea of the perfect bluebell […]
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The bicycle: The most efficient form of transport ever invented. There is no wonder why millions all over the word use it. Where could your bike take you? In 2012 my bicycle took me 16,000 miles through 25 countries on 6 continents around the world. The moment I got on my bike the entire world […]
To celebrate the re-launch this week of 50 things to do before you’re 11¾, as chosen by the nation, adventurer and mountaineer, Squash Falconer, has written about the nation’s number 1 favourite thing to do before you’re 11¾: climbing a tree. I loved climbing trees when I was younger, I still do now! Trees represented […]
‘Stranger danger’ is often identified as a barrier to children spending more time outdoors unaccompanied, but, writes Chris Cloke, the NSPCC’s Head of Child Protection Awareness, a new NSPCC report published last week indicates that children are at greater risk of meeting someone who might harm them through the internet or by mobile phone than […]
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My experiences as a polar adventurer have given me a view into an amazing world that I would not otherwise have had the opportunity to experience. For most people, the environments I’ve experienced are places they may never get to see for themselves. This could be for any number of reasons. The most common reason […]
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April 22, 2013 – 11:07 am
“… last time we did that walk, the snow was blowing up to the dry stone walls making deep drifts with tunnels hollowed out at the field’s edge. The wind blasted the drifts making snow cannons over the tops and through the gaps in the walls forming deep drifts on the other side too. No […]
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April 15, 2013 – 10:31 am
There is a need to equip kids with an understanding of how risk works in the outdoors so that they can get all of the benefits of playing outdoors and spending time in nature, writes Cassius Francis How are we preparing our children to develop the risk competence, enjoy challenges, make decisions about their safety […]
Letting kids play and finding out things for themselves is essential for their own personal development, writes David Bond. About 6 million years ago, human and chimp lineages split. We evolved to excel at hunting, gathering and communication. We have an incredible ability to empathise with others and to delve into our own brains to […]
