{"id":7550,"date":"2014-06-25T10:56:56","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T09:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=7550"},"modified":"2014-06-25T10:56:56","modified_gmt":"2014-06-25T09:56:56","slug":"go-wild-this-summer-with-50-things-play-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2014\/06\/go-wild-this-summer-with-50-things-play-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Go wild this summer with 50 things play days!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The summer holidays have just begun and already the sound of \u2018mummy I\u2019m bored, there\u2019s nothing to do\u2019 can be heard. With eight long weeks ahead mums and dads can breathe a sigh of relief with some help from the National Trust.<\/h1>\n
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Conrad and Dylan love going barefoot at National Trust places.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The conservation charity is encouraging everyone to get out of the house and enjoy great play days out ticking off their list of \u201850 things to do\u2019. This fun packed challenge is back \u2013 and there\u2019s nothing to stop older kids and adults joining in too.<\/p>\n

Rediscover childhood memories and make some new ones with the Trust\u2019s check list for under 12s, and those who are young at heart. From climbing a tree to discovering life in a pond, skimming stones to flying a kite \u2013 which ones will you do this summer?<\/p>\n

Amy aged 10 from Enniskillen and a member of the National Trust Outdoor Explorer group said: \u201cI love going to Florence Court to play hide and seek and to look for bugs and beasties. My favourite thing was the rope swing and my dad pushed me really high.\u201d<\/p>\n

Antoni aged 8 from Belfast, also an Outdoor Explorer added: \u201cThe best day at National Trust is every day. My favourite place is the river bank near the bridge at Minnowburn where the gravel looks like a beach and you can skim stones.<\/p>\n

Here are 10 of the 50 things to do.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For more inspiration go to www.50things.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Climb a tree in Rowallane Garden<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fly a kite at Downhill Demesne<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Go on a really long bike ride in Florence Court<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Create some wild art at Mount Stewart<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hunt for fossils and bones on Portstewart Strand<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Make a grass trumpet at Springhill<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hunt for bugs at The Argory.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Skim a stone at Minnowburn<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Go bird watching at Strangford Lough<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Find your way with a map and compass at Castle Ward<\/p>\n

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Go enjoy lots of play days in the great outdoors \u2013 visit National Trust website www.nationaltrust.org.uk<\/a> for more details of events and activities throughout the summer. And remember, every visit you make helps support the charity\u2019s work looking after special places for ever, for everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The summer holidays have just begun and already the sound of \u2018mummy I\u2019m bored, there\u2019s nothing to do\u2019 can be heard. With eight long weeks ahead mums and dads can breathe a sigh of relief with some help from the National Trust. The conservation charity is encouraging everyone to get out of the house and … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7550"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7550"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7552,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7550\/revisions\/7552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}