Trips & Workshops
NICAS Level 2 complete!
Poor Peggy has been working towards her NICAS (National Indoor Climbing Award Scheme) Level 2 for what seems like an age as climbing centres have been closed over lockdown. After her courses had been cancelled and rearranged several times, tonight, finally, she at long last got that last climb/belay logged in her logbook. Level 2 ... Read more
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Museum and Sports Day
I organised a day of two halves for our local home ed families to celebrate the end of the academic year (for those that follow the school year). We spent a few hours at Saddleworth Museum taking part in a workshop and then, after a picnic in the park, we had our very own sports ... Read more
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Real Rock Climbing at Windgather Rocks
Peggy loves her rock climbing but has never actually climbed real outdoor rocks before so we thought we needed to correct that. I found out about Tony at Riley Outdoor Adventures through his Facebook page and so I booked Peggy onto one of his Home Ed climbing session. Tony was great with the kids and ... Read more
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Extra-curricular | Sports and exercise | Trips | UK Day trips - near Manchester
Couch to 5k
Over the last eight weeks, Daddy and I have been doing an app called couch to 5k. I have wanted to go running for a very long time, so when Daddy told me he had got the app I was very happy. We started doing one minute runs three times a week round the canal ... Read more
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A morning of kayaking
Via the wonders of Facebook, we found out about the Debdale Outdoor Activity Centre in Gorton, Manchester. They offer three-hour sailing, windsurfing and kayaking sessions for just £10 each and, during some holidays, some sessions are cheaper or even free. Our girls absolutely loved their first session and definitely want to return.
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Extra-curricular | Sports and exercise | Trips | UK Day trips - near Manchester
