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Going on long family walks

I loved skipping and playing hopscotch!

Climbing trees

I loved going hunting for conkers

Loved playing hopscotch with my friends!!

Building dens!

rock pool fishing, hours of endless fun and only rain and the tide stopped play, now i am returning to this with my 3 year old grandson

Climbing Trees and Skimming Stones

I loved riding my bike through the fields

I loved picking bumble bees off the flowers and putting them in the pockets of my red cardigan much to my mums horror!!

Riding my bike with friends, taking 'a picnic' which usually consisted of an apple and a biscuit! I realise now we didn't cycle far but at the time it felt as if we were miles away from home! We built dens and tree swings.

I had a couple of rubber balls we used to bounce against a wall and catch again making up rhymes as we went. To make it harder we had to use one hand to catch the balls

Playing hide and seek

I was a big fan of skipping games either on my own or with two / three friends and a long rope. If we got really skilled two of us would try and skip at the same time.

Fishing & Cricket, I don't think a day used to go past in the Summer Holidays when I wasn't doing one or the other.

Building secret dens in the local woods , we were always out all day every day when we we not at school

It was always playing football.

We lived on a council estate, so no money for posh toys, me, my sister and the neighbourhood children loved playing hopscotch the numbers scratched out with a piece of brick, also we had a long piece of washing line , we used to play skipping with the line from one side of the road to the other singing " All in together girls" What fun we had playing outside.

Blackberry picking because it meant we'd be having apple and blackberry crumble that night.

Exploring rockpools and playing on the beach.

My favourite outdoor activity was gardening with my grandad. As part of the garden there was a large vegetable garden so there was lots to do. I loved helping tend all the plants and harvest the fruit and vegetables. Today I still have a love of gardening, I often think of my happy childhood days outside in the garden with my grandad.

I spent hours and hours juggling with a couple of balls, throwing them against the house wall, must have driven my mum mad.

We all used to play british bulldog which was a game we played on a bowling green and had to race to the other side before getting caught by whoever was the "bulldog"

Stuttling: wellies on, we used to take a jam jar to the "pit corner ", find a spot to watch the water for a stickleback. Dip in quickly and see if you have one.

Playing hide and seek, hiding in home made dens in the bushes of our local park.