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All By Water: Doing Adventures for Charity – this one is personal

All By Water - Around Wales by water for charity

People do different things to raise money for charity. All By Water is a project to circumnavigate Wales by water, in a small boat, for charity.

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What’s Eggs got to do with Reading?

A lesson for the under 5s in Reading Eggs

Reading Eggs is a great web site to help you teach your kids to read. Our 4 year old absolutely loved it, and his reading has improved. Read this review.

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Get outside. It’s good for you and it’s in your genes.

Sunlight can be good for our health

There are a number of benefits of being outside. In fact it’s in your genes. It’s part of being human. It’s therefore good for you.

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Kids in the North West: SEA LIFE Competition

SEA Life Manchester

This year SEA LIFE will be opening a new attraction at the Trafford Centre in Manchester.  This will be right next door to the LEGOLand Discovery Centre (read our review here). SEA LIFE are giving the opportunity for kids from the north west of England to take

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Deer Feeding at Attingham Park and WW2

Deer Feeding at Attingham Park

All throughout the school holidays, Attingham Park (managed by the National Trust) in Shropshire, are feeding their deer at 2pm. Even though there is a good walk through the Deer Park at Attingham, the deer are often quite distance.  Well at feeding time you can get quite

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The Secret Behind George Clark’s Caravan

LEGO Caravan - Open

So did anyone see George Clark’s Amazing Spaces, where he restored an old 1970′s static caravan into a modern living space.  (You can view the final episode here). The whole side of this caravan opens up to extend the living space outside, creating a deck where the

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Christmas at Forest School

Child learning archery at forest school

A Christmas Fare at Forest School

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Bye bye Coleman Fremont. Hello new MacKenzie Cabin.

The new Coleman MacKenzie with front porch.

One of the best large family tents of 2011 and 2012 we thought was the Coleman Fremont.  This was the top of the model range for Coleman, and with big accommodation and a zip-on extension, the Coleman ticked a lot of boxes and at a good price

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Christmas Camping

Christmas around the campfire

Let’s clear one thing up straightaway: we are NOT camping this Christmas. No, Christmas will be at home, with the kids opening lots of presents and a big feast with family visiting. However, the idea is not unappealing, and got us thinking about how we would go

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On facebook — At Last!

Potential new logo for Get Out With The Kids

It’s taken about a year, but we are at last on facebook. You can find our page here. We’re also thinking of a new logo, which we’ve added to the facebook page.

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