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Win a Joules picnic basket and a copy of Poppy and Sam's Animal Hide-and-Seek - together worth over £100 *NOW CLOSED*

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NatashaGransnet (GNHQ) Fri 05-Apr-19 10:34:33

To celebrate the return of the Poppy and Sam books, Usborne are giving gransnetters the chance to win a gorgeous Joules picnic basket and a copy of Poppy and Sam's Animal Hide-and-Seek, together worth over £100.

More details on the prize can be found HERE and T&Cs HERE. We will pick a winner after 11am on 4th May.

To enter simply tell us... what was your favourite outdoor activity as a child?

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noahsark Sun 28-Apr-19 17:44:30

Playing street games like cricket, skipping or run outs with all the other kids in the street

Dannydog1 Sun 28-Apr-19 17:19:07

French skipping

jakki66 Sun 28-Apr-19 16:20:24

I lived in Australia as a child right on the beach with Sand dunes. My brothers and I would spend countless hours on bits of board flying down the dunes. we had so much fun and still talk about it now almost 50 years later.

padleys Sun 28-Apr-19 13:25:49

I remember always playing Chinese Skipping, where two people had elastic going round them and you had certain moves to do, as the more moves the elastic went higher and higher

jessegeller Sun 28-Apr-19 13:24:00

Roller skating or playing gutters

jacknutter Sun 28-Apr-19 12:43:51

cycling, would go for miles with my friends to the woods, the beach, river path

sidshane Sun 28-Apr-19 12:15:00

we loved climbing trees, now health and safety would be all over it, we enjoyed it so much

Giros Sun 28-Apr-19 10:55:42

Climbing trees in Brazil!

Alanperry47 Sun 28-Apr-19 10:30:12

Looking for crabs under rocks and in small pools of seawater at the beach with my fishing net and a jam jar we always got the small ones then after the picnic had to return them to the water

snowyboots Sun 28-Apr-19 09:53:38

My mother would say getting mucky, but I used to love making a tent with the wooden clothes horse and pretending to be camping with all my teddies and dolls

barbwilkinson8 Sun 28-Apr-19 09:52:09

Hopscotch - I could play this for hours with my friends and I am looking forward to playing it with my grandchildren although I suspect I will be a bit slower than before!

Nergard Sun 28-Apr-19 09:11:44

I use to try to catch sand lizards in the nearby field. Never did because they were too quick.

Kriscat01 Sun 28-Apr-19 00:39:03

When I was a young girl, I lived in sunny California where I enjoyed trips to the beach. I loved to collect shells, make sand castles, paddle etc.
Given half the chance and warm weather, I'd still enjoy doing the same now!

lynsmagoo Sun 28-Apr-19 00:30:31

i loved playing kerbie and Hopscotch

hutchy73 Sun 28-Apr-19 00:14:44

Playing hopscotch, bulldog and elastics with my friends - happy days ?

Cherry2Bonnie Sat 27-Apr-19 21:36:38

Building jumps in the garden with garden canes, deckchairs, wheelbarrows and anything else I could find. Then pretending I was riding round Hickstead or the Badminton Horse Trials!

juliewinward Sat 27-Apr-19 21:32:52

Playing marbles

Susymac Sat 27-Apr-19 20:58:51

Riding my scooter in a park nearby.

Dawn07 Sat 27-Apr-19 19:31:22

Loved being outside: playing with friends on our bikes and building dens on the local building site; playing with our dog in the garden, and when no-one else was around I'd play for hours on my garden swing smile . Happy Days!

Kings21 Sat 27-Apr-19 19:30:24

use to love the fair we would walk to and spend most of the day there, also making mud pies in my friends garden pretending to be witches those were the days.

Nannac2b Sat 27-Apr-19 19:10:14

Similar to others, I loved building jumps and then being a horse, taking part in competitions with my friends.We also the same for our bikes and raced, timing each other.

GrammySu Sat 27-Apr-19 18:03:10

Walking to the park with my baby brother - first of all in his pushchair and then with him holding my hand. Reading all the house names on the 'posh' houses we passed by and making up stories to keep him occupied. Then spending time playing on the swings, slides, and 'bobbies hat' before the uphill journey home.

sweetcakes Sat 27-Apr-19 16:47:41

Going to my grandmother's for the six weeks summer holidays and being spoilt rotten I saw loads of places in Wales we would take a packed lunch and just roam sun sea rain or mountains on a bus. Good times.

soozwales Sat 27-Apr-19 16:35:59

Going on very basic camping holidays with just a old car battery for a light and a long walk for a bag of chips.

PammyHoops Sat 27-Apr-19 14:25:26

Being outside with the other children in the village on our bikes or making imaginary games in the field. Always had a bat and a ball.

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