Kid’s and the Outdoors

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Life for me turned upside down on 24th July 2007 when Ifor was born and the amount of outdoors time that we had before hand changed for the worst. We have tried to keep our outdoors lifestyle up to date since then but through necessity have had to compromise. I’ve blogged before about how the Macpac vamoose has really helped us still go outdoors but this article from Stephen Regenold has some great tips about what to do when your life turns upside down! In particular his tip about slowing down when you have kids is a great one. You may not get as much in as life before chidren, but what’s important is your experience changes and incorporates your kids which for us has added a new dimension to our camping and hiking.

The Ordnance Survey Outdoors Show 2009

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March sees the annual return of The Ordnance Survey Outdoors Show at the NEC Birmingham. The 2009 guess speakers have now been announced.

Sir Ranulph Fiennes

Know too many as the “World’s Greatest Living Explorer “, Fiennes was the first man to reach the South and North Pole by surface travel. More recently in 2003 he completed 7 marathons in 7 days across 7 continents.

Ranulp Fiennes has been a leading figure within the outdoors community since the early 80’s, helping raise millions for several charities along his way. In 2007 Fiennes climbed the North Face of the Eiger raising an impressive £1.7 million for Marie Curie.

Alan Hinkes, OBE

Flying the flag for Briton, Alan Hinkes was the first Brit to climb the words highest mountain, 14 peaks across 8000m – only 12 other explorers have achieved this!

Alan Hinkes has famously scaled Everest as well as K2 and the third highest peak in the world, Kanchenjunga.

So when is it?

The Ordnance Survey Outdoors Shows runs between 27 – 29 March 2009 and offers a wide range of outdoor (indoor) activities, including kayaking, diving, SCUBA, mountain biking and rock climbing.

To find out more information and check the full list of announced speakers visit http://www.outdoorsshowextra.co.uk/index.php