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<br />Adventure Walks Books by Becky Jones and Clare Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09414221313147942731noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738076489178957059.post-19186455719068919262013-05-05T12:55:00.000-07:002013-05-09T13:17:19.237-07:00Survival of the Fittest<br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It is our 'Survival of the Fittest' walk from the red Adventure Walks for Families book. Chapter 19. It's been a while since we've walked it and my youngest has been studying Evolution and Darwin at school so the timing is good. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Darwin studied the wild orchids in the nearby woods. Some of them were out today. </span></span><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">The best time to see them flower is between May and July.</span><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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Adventure Walks Books by Becky Jones and Clare Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09414221313147942731noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738076489178957059.post-70688490499153336432013-03-26T15:54:00.002-07:002013-03-26T15:54:46.556-07:00Happy Easter<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We can at least dream of Spring....</span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;">Take the shiny new Overground to Hoxton which stops right outside the back door of the <a href="http://www.geffrye-museum.org.uk/whatson/events/children-families/holiday-activities/">Geffrye Museum</a>. It really couldn't be simpler. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;">Tucked away behind the Inns of Court is the <a href="http://www.soane.org/education/children_young_people/holiday_activities/">John Soane Museum</a> (nearest tube Holborn) where you can leave your kids to get their hands mucky making a clay Toby jug to take home. This is a fabulous, creative all day workshop for children aged 7+ at a cost of £20. Wednesday 31st October 10.30 - 3pm. Booking essential 0207 4404263 admin@soane.org.uk. Children must bring their own lunch. </span></span><br />
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Adventure Walks Books by Becky Jones and Clare Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09414221313147942731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738076489178957059.post-72470482507397011232012-10-03T04:12:00.003-07:002012-10-19T04:55:59.981-07:00I Capture the Castle........<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Inspired by one of our favourite books, the young adult dreamy classic, <i><b>I Capture the Castle</b></i> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodie_Smith">Dodie Smith</a>, we jumped on a train from Fenchurch Street Station in search of the magnificent but ruined <a href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/hadleigh-castle/"><b>Hadleigh Castle</b></a> high above the wild marshes of Canvey Island. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hopped off the train 40 minutes later at Benfleet station, having avoided the dreaded A13, and stepped through a wooden gate on the start of a footpath along the grassy valley floor towards Leigh-on-Sea and the coast. The path meandered gently passing ponds and flocks of geese, redshanks, herons and avocets out on the marshes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We climbed to the top of the short steep hill to <a href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/hadleigh-castle/"><b>Hadleigh Castle</b> </a>and its crumbling towers, famously painted by John Constable in 1829. It was once the official home of the King's wife an impressive list of former tenants include Catherine of Aragon, Anne of Cleves and Catherine Parr. We had the place to ourselves with dramatic views across the Thames Estuary. The perfect place for a castle.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the 17th Century, the Fields were bought by a Mr Tindal who allowed anyone to be buried here as long as they could pay, no matter what their religion. Word got out, and it soon became the graveyard of choice for non-conformists, Christians who did not want to be buried in a Church of England graveyard. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rapidly becoming a place of pilgrimage for London's radical reformers, and non-conformists, it was nicknamed the 'Campo Santo' of dissenters by the poet Robert Southey in the nineteenth century. In 1854, it was declared full, with over 120,000 people buried beneath its 4 acres.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The graveyard is crowded and crammed with a forest of mossy headstones, just a taste of what all London cemeteries must once have been like. Most are behind railings, but most of the famous gravestones are not and when we were there, flowers lay at the base of many of them. The pilgrimage continues. </span><br />
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And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
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<br />Adventure Walks Books by Becky Jones and Clare Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09414221313147942731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738076489178957059.post-39845560338362036142012-06-15T06:34:00.002-07:002012-10-16T08:56:52.687-07:00Every Little Helps..<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are very excited here at Adventure Walks Books because one our spies has spotted The Bumper Book of London in Tesco Metro in Chiswick. Apparently they will be in Tesco Metro's all over London on a special London stand for the Olympics. This is a first for us and a first for our editor, Jo Christian, at Frances Lincoln! Every little helps...!</span><br />
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Adventure Walks Books by Becky Jones and Clare Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09414221313147942731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738076489178957059.post-58507280314050830682012-05-06T09:34:00.000-07:002012-05-06T09:34:31.849-07:00The Bumper Book is launched with a Treasure HuntRain nearly stopped play, but at 2.15pm last Sunday afternoon, the clouds parted and the sun came out just as scores of families gathered at the Millennium Bridge to take part in our Treasure Hunt through the City, ending up at Daunt Books on Cheapside for tea and 400 cup cakes, all decorated in London Bus red..<br />
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<br />Adventure Walks Books by Becky Jones and Clare Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09414221313147942731noreply@blogger.com0London, UK51.5081289 -0.12800551.350006900000004 -0.443862 51.6662509 0.187852tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738076489178957059.post-4019126813287151312012-04-17T02:22:00.003-07:002012-04-20T06:33:15.521-07:00Ghost from the past<div class="p1"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeDNDgjqK-FkLNGX_rqY8aMZqiD7Z8s2qYRReyBUXKrTSpQi_mZdT7nppBAqZhyphenhyphen63Ka0Q5-G8Yoo7A0mJNUx3ZsPnmmyefC0cdHHX6iYznjDlkTcSRTJZ9Cn-o6E_hx0JU1F9kWKVdHDo/s1600/IMG_0695.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeDNDgjqK-FkLNGX_rqY8aMZqiD7Z8s2qYRReyBUXKrTSpQi_mZdT7nppBAqZhyphenhyphen63Ka0Q5-G8Yoo7A0mJNUx3ZsPnmmyefC0cdHHX6iYznjDlkTcSRTJZ9Cn-o6E_hx0JU1F9kWKVdHDo/s320/IMG_0695.jpg" width="239" /></a><span class="s1">Tucked away behind the bustle of building works at St Pancras and King’s Cross is a tiny church, one of the oldest in London, called St Pancras Old Church. Step inside: it is almost always open. It is eerily peaceful and quiet. Not a soul to be seen. </span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">It’s a church with an amazing history: excavations have found Norman masonry as well as Roman bricks and tiles. For centuries it was a popular spot for Londoners to walk to, being just a mile from London at the time, and was described as a remote country church surrounded by fields. It had its ups and downs: Oliver Cromwell used St Pancras Old Church as a stable and barracks for his troops during the Civil War. The church’s treasures were hurriedly hidden from the soldiers and not refound till the restoration of the tower two hundred years later. The river Fleet once flowed beside it, channeled away in the 19th century to make way for the railways. </span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><br />
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</div>Adventure Walks Books by Becky Jones and Clare Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09414221313147942731noreply@blogger.com0London Borough of Camden, Greater London, UK51.551705899999988 -0.1588255000000344851.521542399999987 -0.21290100000003448 51.581869399999988 -0.10475000000003448tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7738076489178957059.post-19240658472645575372012-03-21T11:07:00.002-07:002012-03-22T08:26:38.876-07:00Lovely review on the online magazine Parents in Touch -<h4 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 5px;"><span style="background-color: white;">The Bumper Book of London by Becky Jones and Clare Lewis</span></h4><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR9_T02EcuhLO30Bu8pl3Ne-N0yCZ1Vhg0kBAKzzbE1C3SfBOCiF-bndOSaaklVtS9KMbghW1a3h8yWvGYbcSq-Bz5clK4_CFw0hgNGQJFCAgLOzK122C7qF4hsgSpAlKURA-ZMjQyuPk/s1600/Bumper+book+front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR9_T02EcuhLO30Bu8pl3Ne-N0yCZ1Vhg0kBAKzzbE1C3SfBOCiF-bndOSaaklVtS9KMbghW1a3h8yWvGYbcSq-Bz5clK4_CFw0hgNGQJFCAgLOzK122C7qF4hsgSpAlKURA-ZMjQyuPk/s200/Bumper+book+front.jpg" width="143" /></a>The cover tells us that this book has 'Everything you need to know about London and more...' An ambitious claim, but this book does pack in an enormous amount of information. The best thing is that much of it is unusual - this certainly isn't your ordinary guide book. It's a fascinating read and a great book to dip into and learn some fascinating facts to fascinate your friends and family - it's an excellent book for any lover of trivia. Broadly arranged by history, you will learn about art and architecture, landmarks, hidden places, ghosts, pearly kings and queens, festivals, street names, games, traditions, markets, football teams, and much, much more. On just one two page spread, there is London lingo, Georgian houses, Georgian secrets, a poem and a recipe - I can only give a small flavour of the contents here - but do get yourself a copy of this book!</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Looking around for a different kind of holiday, we alighted upon the idea of heading North for some winter snow and were delighted to discover that the south fjords of Norway are all geared up for families like ours looking for something else. We stumbled across a place called Risor Village on the internet. They offered activities such as ice fishing, boat trips, skiing - cross country as well as downhill and dog sledding. We decided to do the lot. </span><br />
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<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9fKQNuKW1NlpYhdHAhaQoLAs7FvW1hQcFyMV8wPki_eeo3miph4Yux70hYHzBTjGaPz4err3DjCLdqKQRLICPPOv-hbC5d-gLc2qdNs9Br2UUj7UEWP-9x9WO5vu2w_j1GHQb6FRDycQ/s1600/DSC_0229.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9fKQNuKW1NlpYhdHAhaQoLAs7FvW1hQcFyMV8wPki_eeo3miph4Yux70hYHzBTjGaPz4err3DjCLdqKQRLICPPOv-hbC5d-gLc2qdNs9Br2UUj7UEWP-9x9WO5vu2w_j1GHQb6FRDycQ/s320/DSC_0229.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Our first day was spent on a rugged Norwegian fishing boat chugging round the beautiful islands along the coast from the white painted village of Risor (once visited by the eighteenth century writer Mary Wollstonecraft in pursuit of a sea captain and lost treasure). Everyone was given a rod and we fished off the side of the boat, reeling in startlingly large cod, coal fish and pollock</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">We had had three completely perfect days. Everyone had caught a fish. Everyone had done something new. Freddie, age 9, now thinks that Norway is the most amazing place in the world because you never do the same thing twice (unlike most of our holidays we now realise!) Day four, we boldly set off on a walk of our own, heading off via the frozen fjord to the far side of Risor. Following a rather basic map, we got a bit lost in the snowy woods, just like Narnia, but eventually joined up with a good path, climbed up to the highest point for a view across the fjords to the open sea. Beautiful. And we were the only ones there. It was a magical moment. The children had a fine time tobogganing home, seeking out slippy paths, the slippier the better for them. </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Day Five was spent downhill skiing for the thrill seekers. No queues, no English tourists (apart from us) and a cheap lift pass for the day. All the equipment is available to hire on site. The rest of the group had a joyous, 12km cross country ski though a pine forested valley and up to a frozen lake in the hills. </span><br />
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