At Holyford
- playing in the garden
- hide and seek
- building dens
- trampolining (we’ve got 2 trampolines with safety nets)
- gardening
- watering
- harvesting vegetables for dinner
- cooking
- baking
- swimming / paddling in the pond
- exploring the bamboo forest
- making dens
- pottery
- Forest School games
- nature detectives – hunt for bugs (we’ve got loads of ID books and bug pots you can borrow plus checklists from wildlife trusts)
- crafting
- fancy dress
- board games
- walking to the woods (play hare and hounds)
- campfire cooking
- pizza cooking in the Earth oven
- firelighting
- marshmallow toasting
- star gazing
- sleeping
Further afield
- only one field away is Holyford woods nature reserve
- explore the many beaches and eat Ice-cream (Baboo gelato made in Bridport is our favourite after years of dedicated family ice cream sampling :))
- go out on a fishing boat from Lyme Regis (we love Harry May) or try skippering your own boat from Beer beach
- walk the stunning coast path from Beer head to Branscombe beach
- visit a Spencer favourite – ‘Pecorama‘ a model railway and pleasure gardens, plus indoor play centre
- visit Seaton wetlands, perfect for birdwatching with its many bird hides and pond dipping plus great for little bikes and scooters with its off road smooth paths
- fossil hunting at Charmouth beach and visit the (free entry) Charmouth Heritage Centre, with great exhibits, lots of advice on how to find fossils and regular guided fossil walks
- rent a SUP board (stand up paddleboard) / kayak from ‘Seaton bay watersports‘ and explore the caves around Beer
- visit Seaton Jurassic Devon wildlife trust exhibition centre
- explore the beautiful Axe estuary from the comfort of the open-topped Seaton tramway
- visit Beer Quarry Caves
- Walk the East Devon way
- get close to otters, wolves and red squirrels at Escot, Ottery St Mary
- Enjoy fish and chips on the beach at sunset
- and much, much more!
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