The Great Outdoors Outdoor adventure company Mud and Guts shares their Top Tips for getting out into the wild for 2022!
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ounded by Jamie King in 2012, Mud & Guts, is an outdoor adventure company based in Wiltshire that reconnects modern children aged 6-13 years old with the joy of being outside. Mud & Guts takes fun as a starting point and provides an exhilarating education alternative to hours and days spent in front of a screen. Jamie is as passionate about fun as he is about the natural world. It is the combination of these two things – the exhilarating freedom of stepping out of modern life, and back into the elemental – that makes the Mud & Guts experience so unique. ‘I want the children who come on a Mud & Guts adventure to come away infused with a little bit of magic’, he says. ‘Having fun with their friends, connecting with their environment, breathing fresh air deep into their lungs – these are the things that made me happy as a boy, and still do to this day. On a fundamental level, I just want to pass that on.’
Get out early for the dawn
chorus. Sunrise is now around 7 so if you are out 20 mins beforehand you will hear it grow & grow.
Keep bird feeders topped up. Birds are starting to court and nest. They need plenty of food to sustain themselves & their new born chicks when they arrive.
Get out and find the largest snowdrop drifts. They have been spectacular this winter. But look, don’t touch.
Get your bike serviced & ready for to enjoy the spring and summer months.
Go to the coast. Take a walk along the coast path. End of winter or early spring always has dramatic and fast changing weather. Also the best time of year to see seals. If you are fortunate enough to see them, stay at least 20 meters away and keep noise and movements to a minimum.
If the skies are clear go for a full moon walk, even if it's just around your garden. The moon is much higher in the sky at this time of year, so therefore gives off a brighter light for longer than in the summer months. March full moon is the 18th & April is the 16th. For children’s parties Mud & Guts can either bring the fun to you or you can join Mud & Guts at one of their woodland bases in Wiltshire for days of den building, fire lighting, game playing, tree climbing and rope swinging fun. Full days and half days are available during Half Terms and Holidays.
Clear nights with no moon are excellent for stargazing. If you look to the southern sky just after sunrise you will see Venus. She will be at her brightest in the early months of the year. But will be the morning star until the end of August.
For all information on Mud & Guts Parties, Woodland Days please visit mudandguts.co.uk and get in touch with Jamie and his team. ARTWORK: JOVINCENTART.CO.UK
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