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Step Up Challenge
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Step up challenge

Ordnance Survey (the map people), Go Outdoor (the outdoor gear people) and Iwan Thomas (THE running person) are clubbing together to do a ‘Step up Challenge’ Pick something you want to ‘climb’ Do the equivalent height in steps in your garden or stair case Do it at 12pm on Thursday

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Adventure Books for Children

Now is a great time for children to be reading about adventures! Adventurer and author Alastair Humphreys has done most of the hard work for us here with his comprehensive list of adventure books suitable for children. We’d certainly recommend Alastair’s own book: Read Brightly also have complied a great

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Ben Fogle Live on Instagram

Ben Fogle dose daily live Instagram Broadcasts at 4pm. He has some some quite amzing things and is very good at communcating to young audiences

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How to create wilderness adventures in your own back yard

The Sunday Times magazine have listed 10 ways to turn your back yard into a wilderness The 10 activities are: 👉Botanical interactive art👉Build a sheet den👉Goblin village and mini dens👉Honey bee water station👉3D map game👉Snakes and ladders👉Natural collages and sculptures👉Ideas for sculptures👉Bottle filter👉Anxious kids?

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Find North with spaghetti

Did you know you can work out which way is North, South, East & West from some spaghetti (or sticks) and the sun! What you’ll need: Pen, paper, small sticks (or spaghetti) and a flat surface to stick them in. You can get creative to make this! You can download a

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How adventure can help build your resilience

Adventure isn’t the only way to help build your resilience but its certainly a good one and the most fun on our opinion! Here we explain 3 ways to help build your resilience and how adventure can help. 1. Practice pushing your comfort zone Like anything in life, the more

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plan your dream adventure
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Plan your dream adventure

Just because we are stuck at home does not mean we have to stop dreaming about adventures! What would be your dream adventure? Where would you go and who would you take? Check out our worksheet to fill out below. Fill out our online form with your Mum or Dad

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Take a cold shower

Adventure is all about pushing your comfort zone so you realise you can do things you didn’t think possible. Have you ever felt nervous about jumping in a cold lake and then felt tremendous afterwards? Or when you get your first exhilarating cold splash in the face when whitewater rafting?

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What is Sophie saying?

One of the wonderful things about adventure is going to new places and experiencing new cultures. Learning some of the language can really help. As an initial challenge, can you translate what Sophie is saying?

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Camp in garden
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Camp in the garden & star gaze

If you’re lucky enough to have a garden then why on earth don’t you camp in it? If you’re a bit nervous about doing it or think it might be a bit uncomfortable then that’s precisely what adventure is all about! Give it a go, you can always come back

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Be brave and talk to people

Adventure activities are a fantastic way to meet new people and strengthen friendships. They are also a great opportunity to support your friends when they need it. Although you can’t do that in person at the moment you do have Skype, FaceTime, Zoom or any other video app at your

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signs of spring
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Can you spot the signs of Spring?

Lucky old Sean lives in the Dorset country side. Here he takes us on his daily walk and spots signs of Spring. If you’re lucky enough to have some country side near your house, how many of these can you spot? If not, perhaps you can help Sean identify one

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Create some positive Strava art

Strava is a fitness app that tracks your runs or walks with a red line. The challenge is to draw a picture or write a positive message with it! . Check with your parents before downloading and using the app Be aware of social distancing and where you should and

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Ride a bike without moving

Learning to ‘track stand’ as it’s known, will really help your overall cycling ability and balance on the bike for when you can go cycling around the woods (which will happen!) Here Jonny gives you some tips and shows you a game. What you’ll need: Bike, helmet and a small yard.

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Adventure At Home Adventure At Home We’ve created some adventure-themed activities specifically for young people to do from home. We hope the videos will be entertaining as well help young people understand how much value adventure and the natural world can bring to their lives. For updates follow our social media:

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