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I love the summer holidays. It offers a little time to relax and unwind. It allows a little more time to spend with the kids. How we love those long blissful days of chilling out and engaging in fun activities. At least that\u2019s the theory.<\/p>\n

\"National<\/a>

National Trust Pond Dipping Kit<\/p><\/div>\n

Sometimes the actual experience is a little different. Not enough time to squeeze everything in and yet the kids seem bored before the day has even started. Everyone wants to do something different. And no one wants to do anything that doesn\u2019t cost a fortune. It hardly feels like the \u201cjoys of family life\u201d that I signed up for.<\/p>\n

So once Harry Potter has been watched and the actual two weeks away has been taken \u2013 then what? Some days we will reach for the trusty National Trust membership card and take a trip to North East England jewels like Gibside or the Souter Lighthouse but I am hoping that this year the words \u201cNational Trust\u201d will come to mean more than a quick dash round a stately home followed by spending a small fortune in the cafe and gift shop!<\/p>\n

The new National Trust range<\/a> we have just listed may well prove an entertaining distraction on some of the days those which look like a blank canvas -rather than those that look similar to the train timetable at Clapham Junction!<\/p>\n

Each National Trust kit comes in a sturdy box with all you need to begin engaging with the particular aspect of outdoors that it focuses on. My personal favourite is the National Trust Bug Hunting Kit<\/a> which offers everything from the specimen pots through to your very own pooter for collecting the bugs. I think it was reading Gerald Durrell\u2019s \u201cMy family and other animals<\/a>\u201d that inspired me to get down on my hands and knees to study the little creatures that live all around us. The wonder of a centipede as the wave of movement ripples down its body. The amazing colour of the butterfly or dragonfly as it gets carried on the wind from leaf to leaf. The amazing world of ants all working together. So for the price of afternoon tea for the family we can set out on a bug hunting<\/a>, pond dipping<\/a>, bark rubbing<\/a>, flower pressing<\/a> or rock pool splashing<\/a> adventure.<\/p>\n

We’d love to know what ethical adventures your planning this summer – let us know by commenting to this post below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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