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Riding my bike for miles through the countryside - no worries then about a child being out all day on their own.

I used to like playing Hopscotch because kids would always join in or I could play on my own. My mum would send me out playing in the morning and I would be out all day, if I came back she would send me out again, I think I got on her nerves. What different times this is now, people would be appalled to think children were sent out all day.

I grew up in Germany and Cyprus so my favourite outdoor activities were skating on the lake in winter or going to the beach and snorkeling. Also fossil hunting with my friends!

skipping

Going to the beach with my dad

I used to make grasshopper traps in my nan's gardens out of a shoe box and a twig, I'd spend hours lying in the grass and waiting. Mum used to pack me jam sandwiches and I'd spend most of the day up there doing that or making rainbows with the hosepipe!

Digging in the garden. Making tunnels and mud castles. I never got bored.

I use to love standing on my dads feet and he would hold me and dance around the kitchen to the tunes of Brenda Lee ( his favourite artist!) ... How I use to laugh as he twirled me around and around!

Building dens with my older brother and his friends.

Making mud pies and perfume in our garden. Hours of fun.

Riding my scooter and playing tennis

My Favourite outdoor activity was visiting national trust properties with my family! I remember rolling down the grass banks with my siblings at a huge estate and feeling like a princess!

Bikeride with friends - out for the day with a picnic

I used to love long walks in the forest

Hours of fun playing sevens against a wall - the only equipment needed was the wall & a tennis ball!

In hindsight, the endless noise inside against the sitting room wall must have driven my mother slowly mad!

riding my bike with reins and pretending it was a horse!

I loved skipping and making dens.

I used to love making a den .
Anything we could find was used, sometimes they were made with odd bits of wood, sometimes cardboard boxes . If we were lucky we got an old sheet to use as curtains or a door . Happy days ?

Digging in the garden to find treasure, and I found a doll and a little HP bottle.

Making dens in the nearby woodland and in the spring going fishing for frogs and roads in the local drain

Helping my Dad in the garden. Together we planted tons of plants and as I tend my garden now and read the plant names on the labels, I can hear my Dad's voice saying the names. Happy memories

Hiking

Skipping in the street with all my friends

Setting up the whole garden with all the tools, rakes, spades and garden furniture, even ladders, as an arena where I could ride my imaginary horse. I've never taken up riding though.

Playing football and camping out with my mates on The Chase.