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Title: The 50 Things to Do Before you're 11 ¾
Post by: LandyLiam on April 13, 2012

Courtesy of the National Trust
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/9201607/National-Trust-50-things-to-do-before-you-are-12.html


The 50 Things to Do Before you're 11 ¾

1. Climb a tree

2. Roll down a really big hill

3. Camp out in the wild

4. Build a den

5. Skim a stone

6. Run around in the rain

7. Fly a kite

8. Catch a fish with a net

9. Eat an apple straight from a tree

10. Play conkers

11. Throw some snow

12. Hunt for treasure on the beach

13. Make a mud pie

14. Dam a stream

15. Go sledging

16. Bury someone in the sand

17. Set up a snail race

18. Balance on a fallen tree

19. Swing on a rope swing

20. Make a mud slide

21. Eat blackberries growing in the wild

22. Take a look inside a tree

23. Visit an island

24. Feel like you're flying in the wind

25. Make a grass trumpet

26. Hunt for fossils and bones

27. Watch the sun wake up

28. Climb a huge hill

29. Get behind a waterfall

30. Feed a bird from your hand

31. Hunt for bugs

32. Find some frogspawn

33. Catch a butterfly in a net

34. Track wild animals

35. Discover what's in a pond

36. Call an owl

37. Check out the crazy creatures in a rock pool

38. Bring up a butterfly

39. Catch a crab

40. Go on a nature walk at night

41. Plant it, grow it, eat it

42. Go wild swimming

43. Go rafting

44. Light a fire without matches

45. Find your way with a map and compass

46. Try bouldering

47. Cook on a campfire

48. Try abseiling

49. Find a geocache

50. Canoe down a river

Title: Re: The 50 Things to Do Before you're 11 ¾
Post by: LennyJ1 on April 13, 2012

are you sure thats not 51 ¾

Title: Re: The 50 Things to Do Before you're 11 ¾
Post by: andymcinroy on April 13, 2012

Does the National Trust allow wild camping on their land?  :-X

Building dens, lighting fires, daming streams, catching fish with nets might also fall foul of NT wardens.

This is a bit rich coming from an organisation that has so many bylaws which prevent these things.

Title: Re: The 50 Things to Do Before you're 11 ¾
Post by: Are we there yet? on April 13, 2012

lol @ Lenny!

Ive printed this out and checked some off..  will have to complete over the summer (before im 40  :P )

Title: Re: The 50 Things to Do Before you're 11 ¾
Post by: RedLeader on April 13, 2012

Health and safety NIGHTMARE!!! Have you any idea how dangerous climbing a tree is?

Title: Re: The 50 Things to Do Before you're 11 ¾
Post by: velvetmonkey on April 13, 2012

Anyone else looking at that list and thinking doing most of it would constitute a pretty decent weekend?
Certainly better than the 9 to 5