So this is a new one to me but I wanted to share it with you all because it sounds amazing! It's a fab way of getting everyone out of the house, even older kids who may not always jump at the chance to go on a family walk might be persuaded by this. However seeing as I haven't tried it yet, Ady who is part of Open Heaven is going to tell you all about it below, in our first 'Guest Post' on the blog! One way to get children (of all ages!) out of the house is with a treasure hunt, and you might be surprised to know that there are millions of items called Geocaches, hidden all over the world (with hundreds of them in Charnwood) waiting for you to find them. These Geocaches are found in parks, urban areas, forests, deserts, on top of mountains — pretty much anywhere you can imagine. There are probably a few near you right now… All you need to do to take part is register for free at Geocaching.com and then armed with a smartphone and the geocaching app, you can start hunting. This is a picture of one I found in the Lake District, can you guess where the (very) small Geocache was hidden? One essential item that you need to take with you is a pencil so that once you've found the Geocache, you can sign the logbook and then return the logbook and Geocache to their original location for the next person to find. In view of Covid 19 you may also want to take some hand sanitiser with you, just to be on the safe side. I have found Geocaching to be not only a great excuse to get out of the house for a walk, but also a great way to discover more of the countryside around where I live. Doesn't this sound so fun?! I've signed up already and there are loads of geocaches hidden within a stones throw of our house- I've probably walked past lots of them without knowing that they're there! Definitely some good half term fun to be had with this.
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AuthorHi, I'm Laura. I'm part of Open Heaven Church in Loughborough and I run our Safehaven Cafe courses along with our amazing team of volunteers. Categories
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