About this item
Whether orienteering, building dens or making a house for a hedgehog, this guide is the ideal way for all the family to interact with wildlife and nature and find adventures in wild places. The book begins with easy and approachable adventures perfect for families with younger kids, such as foraging and fossil hunting, and progresses into more challenging adventures, such as wild swimming, surfing and wilderness survival. The adventures range from an afternoon trip to the farm to camping excursions, so can be used for spontaneous half-term day trips or for summer holiday ideas. Each activity comes with suggestions of NT places to visit for the adventure, and the ideas take in woodland, beaches, mountains and parks. The book is packed with handy hints, fun facts and step-by-step guides to activities such as making your own raft and building a bug hotel.
About the Author
Jen & Sim Benson are award winning outdoor adventure writers and photographers. Their books include: 100 Great Walks with Kids (Bloomsbury, 2021) , Short Runs in Beautiful Places (National Trust Books, 2020) , Wild Running (Wild Things Publishing, 2019) , The Adventurer's Guide to Britain (Bloomsbury, 2018) , and Amazing Family Adventures (National Trust Books, 2017) . They are Ordnance Survey GetOutside Champions and contributors to Trail, Country Walking and Runner's World magazines, routes editors for Trail Running magazine, and gear experts for The Ramblers' quarterly magazine, Walk. For more information visit jenandsimbenson.co.uk and wildrunning.net
