Do Try This At Home

The idea for this activity came from the brilliant Outside magazine website – it’s simple but cosmic. The idea is simply to learn a new constellation. That’s it. The clear winter skies make this activity a thrill and a delight, though. There’s nothing better than being wrapped up warm and spending a good 30 minutes [...]

It’s a good idea to encourage children into the habit of saving from an early age. And if children are introduced to this habit early enough, they readily accept it as a natural strand of their personal money management. It also gives them early exposure to, and awareness of, financial capability; a valuable life skill [...]

Having a young family shouldn’t mean you can’t embark on lengthy, challenging cycle rides or trails; not if you attempt a challenging ride as a family tag-team! The idea is to find a cycle route that would be too long and challenging for your young children to complete in full on their own, and break [...]

There’s no better way to start the day than to do something positive (see Seth Godin’s blog for an interesting personal- business perspective) … something assertive that gives a feeling of feeling in control, invigorated… or simply a sense of feeling ALIVE!  This same sense of exhilaration and ‘living’  can be achieved through exercise and [...]

Cooking and eating out in the outdoors in the fresh air is a fantastic experience, but this need not be restricted to summer BBQ or whilst camping. Not when you have a ‘tucksack’! With a tucksack you can walk, cycle, run etc anywhere and then … eat!  Tucksack = rucksack plus tuck Going tucksacking opens [...]