Our first family microadventure
What do you get when you mix an inflatable canoe, a lazy river, a hot summer day, and a daredevil toddler? The perfect family microadventure!
Category: Family adventures
A record of our outdoor family adventures – from mountain summits to bug hunts in the garden
Family walk: Bempton Cliffs, East Yorkshire
Here’s a cool thing to do if you want to see awesome scenery, spectacular wildlife and meet some incredibly friendly and helpful people – go and have a walk around RSPB Bempton Cliffs nature reserve.
How (not) to have the perfect family car picnic
I must officially be middle-aged, because my new favourite meal involves an estate car, a flask of tea, a packet of chocolate digestives, and a few snack-sized pork pies. That’s right, we’ve become a car picnic family! Only problem is we’re rubbish at it.
Cycling with babies: a beginner’s guide
So you’ve decided to take your baby for a bike ride, but how the hell do you do it? Here are eight simple tips for cycling with babies that will get you started on your family biking adventures.
Best thing about being a dad? Becoming a big kid again!
The thing that scared me most about becoming a dad was that I’d become boring and stop doing all the stuff that made my life fun. Turns out the opposite is true – I’ve become a big kid and rediscovered so many things I’d forgotten I loved!
When did kids get so much cool stuff?
While I was thrashing around in a giant ball pit at Leo’s Fun Zone yesterday (and secretly having the time of my life) something suddenly hit me: our baby boy already has way cooler stuff, and is doing way cooler things, than I’ve ever done.
Family walk: Aysgarth Falls, Yorkshire Dales
Amazingly spectacular, easily accessible, and immortalised in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, Aysgarth Falls is the perfect place to inspire young explorers about the great outdoors.
The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch – with a baby!
The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch sounds simple. All you need to do is sit down, then count and record the birds in your garden for one hour. The problems start when you throw a 9-month-old baby into the mix!
35 reasons why… I love being outside
While walking to work this morning, I saw a ridiculously cool sunrise that reminded me of all the things I love about being outside. Then my mind started racing, and before I knew it I was sitting down at my desk writing this…
My 1500-mile cycling challenge for 2017!
Since Sonny can’t stand up yet, never mind ride a bike, this is a dad-only outdoor challenge for now. Biking 1500 miles in 12 months? I must be insane…