Familiar places take on new forms when experienced in the dark -the absence of light plays tricks on the eyes and the mind, flattening space and transforming static features into things that seem to come to life.

• Eating in the outdoors
• Exciting and great fun
• For budding star gazers
• Take a torch

This applies, perhaps even more so, to a hill, mountain or any other wild, outdoor environment, and is the essence of this simple but exciting family adventure.

Climb a hill/mountain at dusk, watch the sunset and then descend in darkness.

Take a stove and cook some food, or just take a flask of soup, and enjoy an evening meal under the stars before you head back downto your car.