I’m sure most of us have heard of the National Trust 50 things to do before you’re 11¾ initiative. This is such a great idea to create a handy checklist of all those outdoors fun activities that childhood is all about, to get out in the fresh air, have a great time and make some memories to be cherished. Number 28 on the list is “Climb a huge hill”
I’m joining together with 49 other bloggers,to take part in the mission to complete all 50 things and each produce a short video of atleast one activity. This is a fantastic idea by This Day I Love and HollyBobbs
I chose number 28 – Climb a huge hill to make my video.
We always drive past some really big hills on the A40, and had been meaning to take the children there for a while. I always thought its just the hills and nothing else there, but its actually part of Northala Fields country park and there are some great playgrounds behind the hills, and a lake, and loads of open space – what a great bonus! I was kicking myself for not discovering this place earlier!
First things first, we set about doing exactly what we had come to do – climb the hills! These simple activities really are so great for kids. When Mr Z saw we were going to go up to the top his reaction was “yesssss!” – so excited! When we reached the top he shouted “mum, look at the views!” I’m so glad he can appreciate that. I really do want my kids to appreciate and enjoy these simple pleasures and I find they really can compete well with the more expensive days out!
There are four large hills here, which are actually artificial hills created from the rubble that was created when the original Wembley Stadium was demolished. This is such a clever use of the rubble and it is great! Some of the hills have a track so that you can take a buggy up it, and some of them are just for people who can climb. Mr T and Mr R went on the hill with the tracks, as they won’t be physically strong enough to climb the full hill by themselves at the moment – hopefully in future! Mr Z was able to climb the hills quite easily, and it was a good exercise for us
Here’s our video, it’s just a very short simple footage from my phone camera but it’s great to take part in this project. We are only about half way through the list our selves so definitely have some more fun times ahead of us as we try to complete them all!
What are your favourite activities on the list? Is there anything you have tried out recently, or any you are hoping to do soon? Let me know in the comments 🙂
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I like that. The 50 things have some really hard ‘things’, but some that are easy for anyone 🙂
yes I always choose the easy ones!! hehe. I will get round to the harder ones maybe when they are closer to 11 3/4 rather than 5 and under 😀
Need to do our’s but the cherry tomatoes don’t want to turn red!
That kist overwhelmed me a bit when Iooked at it at first but I’m starting to think that if we did it over a few years it would be doable. Love the video!
Thanks for joining the project looks like fun was had
It’s a great idea isn’t it! We are going on a bug hunt! Looks like yours had lots of fun climbing the hill!
Well done – one tick completed. The NT have really outdone themselves creating such a fab list to help get children active. Of course it also helps us adults as well, we go along with them! Thanks for linking up and sharing your outdoor fun with Country Kids.
Nice to have a mixed list we love climbing hills, and our favourite so far would have to be up the side of Scarborough. To make it more difficult the boy did it in fencing steps!
What a great list of things for kids to do.
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We should have a go at this. Looks like fun!!!
You know we have big hills around here and my 10 year old has done it loads with cubs but not with us as a family so I think I will do that.
Well done that hill does indeed look big.