Showing posts with label climbing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label climbing. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 05, 2013
Monday, July 01, 2013
Just Hanging Around
The place we went for lunch today had a really cool climbing frame. I still felt the need to improvise something more radical though!
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Saturday, June 08, 2013
Climbing
At long last, the old folks got themselves trained in climbing. They made the effort, booked the lessons, found a mug friend to look after me and got qualified to take me climbing. Dad was looking forward to it and he promised to withhold housekeeping if Mum didn't come along to hold his rope. I think she considered "accidentally" letting go a few times but realised it'd be difficult to find someone who could make her cup of tea so well.
After their first climb, Mum was more sure this was a mistake but she insisted on battling through. She was only there to learn to belay so that we could all go climbing and she would be able to hold the rope for Dad until I get big enough to do it - however, given the rate I grow (up the way) and the rate Dad grows (out the way), that might be a while! After their second climb, Mum was wondering how many more they'd make her do. After the third climb, Mum was thinking it wasn't so bad and by the fourth climb she was eyeing up the lead-climbing wall. She was hooked!
So the following Saturday, after diving, we stopped back into Ratho to do a bit of climbing as a family. I'd been recently for a friend's birthday party and I was one of only two kids that had made it to the top of the wall so I feeling pretty confident.
As it turns out though, climbing might not be for me. I really like climbing on the boulders that don't go very high and where I don't need a harness but the wall turned out to be pretty scary. Maybe it's Mum and Dad? I've done it several times with professionals but with Mum and Dad it seems much more scary. Maybe we'll need to work up to it...
After their first climb, Mum was more sure this was a mistake but she insisted on battling through. She was only there to learn to belay so that we could all go climbing and she would be able to hold the rope for Dad until I get big enough to do it - however, given the rate I grow (up the way) and the rate Dad grows (out the way), that might be a while! After their second climb, Mum was wondering how many more they'd make her do. After the third climb, Mum was thinking it wasn't so bad and by the fourth climb she was eyeing up the lead-climbing wall. She was hooked!
So the following Saturday, after diving, we stopped back into Ratho to do a bit of climbing as a family. I'd been recently for a friend's birthday party and I was one of only two kids that had made it to the top of the wall so I feeling pretty confident.
As it turns out though, climbing might not be for me. I really like climbing on the boulders that don't go very high and where I don't need a harness but the wall turned out to be pretty scary. Maybe it's Mum and Dad? I've done it several times with professionals but with Mum and Dad it seems much more scary. Maybe we'll need to work up to it...
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Lumberjacking
We are in Kingussie today and with the help of Uncle Ian we did a little bit of surgery on Granny's cherry tree. The tree needed a bit of pruning, particularly after a couple of bad hair cuts (not by us!) in the past.
Dad wasn't up in the tree for long when I asked if I should join him for an #inappropriateparenting photo. You should see some of Dad's Instagram feed for more examples inappropriate parenting!
We did a good job though and the tree's looking a lot better. Dad and Uncle Ian plan to have another go at it soon to make it better still.
Dad wasn't up in the tree for long when I asked if I should join him for an #inappropriateparenting photo. You should see some of Dad's Instagram feed for more examples inappropriate parenting!
We did a good job though and the tree's looking a lot better. Dad and Uncle Ian plan to have another go at it soon to make it better still.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Levitation's What You Need!
Auntie Vikki and Cousin Dylan came around today. The plan was to go swimming but we were a bit late and with it being the holidays the pool was too busy so we went to the park and for a walk in the woods instead. It was a lot of fun and I even did a wee bit of gymnastics on a tree stump. But Dad's favourite moment was when Auntie Vikki and Cousin Dylan went skipping ahead like something from a Disney movie! He captured a picture that makes it look like they're levitating through the woods!
I can't wait until they come back again and I really hope we get a chance to go swimming together.
I can't wait until they come back again and I really hope we get a chance to go swimming together.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Tree Climbing at Beecraigs
After a day spent mostly indoors, we headed out late in the afternoon to Beecraigs to check out their new park. It's been complete for months but on our previous attempts to visit, all car parks, including overflow car parks, have been full (and I've been asleep in the back of our car) so we've just come away again. Today that wasn't the case though!
We played a lot on the zip line and Dad and I climbed the climbing frame. He won the race. At least, he's typing this and that's what will be recorded in history.
Dad got his phone out and decided we should try to collect a geocache or two. I didn't really want to leave the park but Mum and Dad insisted and I'm glad they did! We passed a wee pond with lots of fish in it - we'd need to return to that with my net to get another of my 50 things to do before I'm 11 and 3/4. We headed into the wood to find the cache and it was a lot like exploring. And then cache was in a very cool tree and I had to climb it to get to the cache! It was great fun! Can't wait to come back.
We played a lot on the zip line and Dad and I climbed the climbing frame. He won the race. At least, he's typing this and that's what will be recorded in history.
Dad got his phone out and decided we should try to collect a geocache or two. I didn't really want to leave the park but Mum and Dad insisted and I'm glad they did! We passed a wee pond with lots of fish in it - we'd need to return to that with my net to get another of my 50 things to do before I'm 11 and 3/4. We headed into the wood to find the cache and it was a lot like exploring. And then cache was in a very cool tree and I had to climb it to get to the cache! It was great fun! Can't wait to come back.
Friday, April 13, 2012
Feshie River Cairns
On the front page of the Strathy this week was an article about some cairns that have popped up alongside the river Feshie. The article deliberately didn't give any detail about where exactly it was but with a little google mapping and an educated guess about where they were most likely, Dad and I went out looking for them.
Our guess was right and they were well worth the trip. Majestic little stone towers on the bank of the river. Lots of them. Someone had been extremely busy! We added our own and it was only while attempting this that we begun to appreciate just the amount of effort that had gone into building these. Some were as big as me! Dad and me couldn't make any nearly that big before they would fall over.
Also in the area was a fallen tree. This was perfect because just that morning there had been an article on the paper about the National Trusts new campaign of 50 things to do before you're 11 and 3/4. Dad had checked out the list and was pleased to see that I'd already completed most of them but there were a few still to do. One or two he was very surprised we hadn't already done at some point and here we had an opportunity to cross one of those off. That was walking across a fallen tree. It turned out to be a lot of fun and we spent about as much time on this tree as we did building cairns! Enjoy the photos (and see if you can spot me on some of the ones of the tree!)...
This isn't forced perspective - they really are as tall as me!
Can you see me in the background building my own cairn?
Here we go!
The finished article!
One fallen tree...
I'm up there somewhere!
Our guess was right and they were well worth the trip. Majestic little stone towers on the bank of the river. Lots of them. Someone had been extremely busy! We added our own and it was only while attempting this that we begun to appreciate just the amount of effort that had gone into building these. Some were as big as me! Dad and me couldn't make any nearly that big before they would fall over.
Also in the area was a fallen tree. This was perfect because just that morning there had been an article on the paper about the National Trusts new campaign of 50 things to do before you're 11 and 3/4. Dad had checked out the list and was pleased to see that I'd already completed most of them but there were a few still to do. One or two he was very surprised we hadn't already done at some point and here we had an opportunity to cross one of those off. That was walking across a fallen tree. It turned out to be a lot of fun and we spent about as much time on this tree as we did building cairns! Enjoy the photos (and see if you can spot me on some of the ones of the tree!)...
This isn't forced perspective - they really are as tall as me!
Can you see me in the background building my own cairn?
Here we go!
The finished article!
One fallen tree...
I'm up there somewhere!
Tuesday, April 03, 2012
Rock climbing
The rock climbing was AMAZING. Mummy and Daddy were very impressed with how much I paid attention and how well I did. Dad says he'll take me climbing back home now!
After the climbing lesson, all us kids went to the bouldering room and tried to make it all the way around without falling off. Then we finished the lesson by playing a vertical game of twister and had to put the chosen apendage to the chosen colour. I did well but didn't win - next time!
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Kenniel House
Today we went to a place called Kinneil House. It's a Historic Scotland property but is only open a few times per year. So it was a bit of a special occasion with plenty things to do.
When we first arrived, there was a talk about some birds of prey which was very interesting. And then we went and queued for a go at the climbing. I really enjoy the climbing and Daddy wants to take me to a proper climbing wall so I can't wait until that happens.
After the climbing, we had a walk about the various stalls, watched a bird of prey display and I played at the great park they've got there. Then before heading home, we had a look in Kinneil House. There were some interesting rooms with original artwork on the walls from hundreds of years ago - very impressive.
When we first arrived, there was a talk about some birds of prey which was very interesting. And then we went and queued for a go at the climbing. I really enjoy the climbing and Daddy wants to take me to a proper climbing wall so I can't wait until that happens.
After the climbing, we had a walk about the various stalls, watched a bird of prey display and I played at the great park they've got there. Then before heading home, we had a look in Kinneil House. There were some interesting rooms with original artwork on the walls from hundreds of years ago - very impressive.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Clava Cairns
On the way home from Nairn, we popped in to see Clava Cairns. These are burial cairns and standing stones from about 4000 years ago. I'm not sure why she smacked Daddy when he asked if she'd attended any of the funerals. They're quite delecate (but pretty strong for 4000 years old if you ask me) so Daddy wouldn't let me climb on them, luckily there was a handy tree for me to expel some climbing energy...
Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Edinburgh Zoo
Went to Edinburgh Zoo today. It's always fun but today we went into an area we haven't been in before. It had lots of Rainbow Lorikeets and you get to buy nectar to feed them. They come and sit on your arm and eat the nectar. The nice lady told us all about the birds too.
We also saw the Sun Bears. These guys only arrived at the zoo yesterday and they were out in their enclosure exploring and showing off for us.
After seeing them we stopped at the park near the monkeys and Daddy didn't know which monkeys to take pictures of...
We also saw the Sun Bears. These guys only arrived at the zoo yesterday and they were out in their enclosure exploring and showing off for us.
After seeing them we stopped at the park near the monkeys and Daddy didn't know which monkeys to take pictures of...
Friday, June 25, 2010
Friday, October 23, 2009
Edinburgh Zoo
We went to Edinburgh Zoo today. It was a relatively short visit and a few of the animals were inside (like the rhino - that Daddy wanted to see, and the tapir - that Mummy wanted to see). Amongst the things we did see were the monkeys...
Erm, the MONKEYS...
THE MONKEYS!
Erm, the MONKEYS...
THE MONKEYS!
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Landmark
Do you like my new wellies? I think they're very cool. We had to get them… Mummy and Daddy forgot to bring my shoes when we went to visit Granny and Grandpa at the weekend! Can't just pop home for a pair when it's a two hour drive.
On Saturday, after Daddy and I burned all the garden waste (Daddy's mood is always better if he gets to have a fire at Granny's!), we went to Landmark Adventure Park in Carrbridge. We spent almost the whole day there and had loads of fun. We were on all three of the water slides and went on the Tarzan Trail twice. Daddy and I tried to climb the climbing wall - Daddy complained that he'd been put on the hardest section of the wall and didn't even get higher than my height. He also managed to blame his boots for the poor effort. I got higher than Daddy with some help from Mummy but it was more fun coming down on the automatic belays!
There was a lot to see there. We had a walk around the Tree Top Trail in the Ancient Woodland and learned lots about the animals of the forest. Microworld was decorated for Hallowe'en and a bit scary at times. Daddy and I played with the radio controlled cars and had brilliant fun and didn't really fall out at all when we played with the mechanical digger. How do we get one of those for home?
There's lots of climbing frames and slides for us kids to play on and a really tall forest tower that goes higher than all the trees. I counted and there were 108 stairs to the top.
We walked around the Wild Forest Maze and it was fun to take a wrong turn and see more of the interesting things in there. The only thing we didn't wait to see was the steam powered saw mill. We did go there but it wasn't working when we passed through. It's OK though as Mummy had so much fun we're definitely going back. We also have to take Daddy's good camera next time. He thought he'd brought it but had actually left it at Granny's so it's phone photos again I'm afraid. He tried to blame Mummy again (like he blames her for forgetting the shoes) but it was really his fault this time.
On Saturday, after Daddy and I burned all the garden waste (Daddy's mood is always better if he gets to have a fire at Granny's!), we went to Landmark Adventure Park in Carrbridge. We spent almost the whole day there and had loads of fun. We were on all three of the water slides and went on the Tarzan Trail twice. Daddy and I tried to climb the climbing wall - Daddy complained that he'd been put on the hardest section of the wall and didn't even get higher than my height. He also managed to blame his boots for the poor effort. I got higher than Daddy with some help from Mummy but it was more fun coming down on the automatic belays!
There was a lot to see there. We had a walk around the Tree Top Trail in the Ancient Woodland and learned lots about the animals of the forest. Microworld was decorated for Hallowe'en and a bit scary at times. Daddy and I played with the radio controlled cars and had brilliant fun and didn't really fall out at all when we played with the mechanical digger. How do we get one of those for home?
There's lots of climbing frames and slides for us kids to play on and a really tall forest tower that goes higher than all the trees. I counted and there were 108 stairs to the top.
We walked around the Wild Forest Maze and it was fun to take a wrong turn and see more of the interesting things in there. The only thing we didn't wait to see was the steam powered saw mill. We did go there but it wasn't working when we passed through. It's OK though as Mummy had so much fun we're definitely going back. We also have to take Daddy's good camera next time. He thought he'd brought it but had actually left it at Granny's so it's phone photos again I'm afraid. He tried to blame Mummy again (like he blames her for forgetting the shoes) but it was really his fault this time.
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