Posted on 13th January 2026
New Year, Fresh Air: The Benefits of Outdoor Learning in the Winter Months
There’s a common assumption that outdoor learning belongs to the warmer months. Spring and summer dominate the planning calendars, with their long days, predictable weather and comfortable temperatures. Autumn gets a look-in for its colours and harvest themes. But winter? Winter is often written off as too cold, too dark, or simply too difficult. Schools postpone visits until the weather...
Posted on 6th January 2026
Starting the Year Outdoors: Why Winter Is a Great Time to Get Outside
There’s something quietly powerful about the first of January. Across the country, thousands of people wade into freezing lakes, stride along windswept beaches, or simply step out into their local park with a renewed sense of purpose. These New Year’s Day traditions have become a cultural marker of fresh starts, but they also reveal something deeper: our instinct to turn...
Posted on 26th December 2025
Winter Wellbeing: How Outdoor Learning Supports Mental Health in the Darker Months
As the darkest months settle across Lancashire, many of us notice subtle shifts in our mood and energy levels. The shorter days, persistent grey skies, and biting cold seem to conspire against our wellbeing, encouraging us to retreat indoors and wait for spring’s arrival. Yet paradoxically, winter represents precisely the time when outdoor experiences become most crucial for our mental...
Posted on 16th December 2025
Winter Nature Magic: Why December Is a Special Time for Outdoor Learning
When most people envision outdoor education, they picture sunlit summer days with children running through meadows, splashing in rivers, or climbing trees heavy with green leaves. Yet there exists a quieter, more profound magic in winter outdoor learning that reveals itself only to those willing to step into the cold. December, with its frost-kissed mornings, low-angled sunlight, and hushed woodlands,...
Posted on 9th December 2025
Gift Ideas: Experiences Over Things
The annual search for meaningful Christmas gifts often leads us down familiar paths: another jumper, another gadget, another item destined to gather dust in a drawer within months. Yet research consistently demonstrates what many of us intuitively understand: the gifts that resonate most deeply are not things at all, but experiences shared, challenges overcome, and memories created together. As we...
Posted on 2nd December 2025
Festive Outdoor Team Building: Corporate Christmas with a Difference
As the festive season approaches and organisations across the country plan their end-of-year celebrations, many businesses find themselves caught in the familiar cycle of generic office parties and predictable corporate events. Yet there exists a refreshing alternative that transforms the traditional Christmas gathering into something far more meaningful. Outdoor team building activities during winter offer companies the opportunity to create...
Posted on 25th November 2025
The Winter Warm Up: How Nature Helps Us Rebalance in the Colder Months
When temperatures drop and daylight hours dwindle, a predictable pattern emerges across workplaces throughout the United Kingdom. Energy levels decline, motivation wavers, and the simple act of leaving warm offices for outdoor activities suddenly requires considerable willpower. This seasonal shift affects organisations profoundly, with research indicating that 44% of employees report winter negatively impacts their wellbeing, whilst 30% acknowledge decreased...
Posted on 18th November 2025
Adventure in Any Weather: Building Resilience Through the Elements
The quintessentially British weather, with its unpredictable shifts from sunshine to sudden showers, has long been the subject of national conversation and mild complaint. Yet this meteorological variability offers something far more valuable than conversational fodder: an unparalleled training ground for developing the kind of adaptability and resilience that organisations desperately seek in their teams. Whilst fair-weather outdoor programmes certainly...
Posted on 11th November 2025
Beyond the Surface: What Outdoor Learning Really Teaches Young People
When organisations consider outdoor education programmes for young people, the conversation typically gravitates towards obvious benefits: fresh air, physical exercise, and a welcome break from screen time. Whilst these advantages certainly warrant attention, they represent merely the surface of what outdoor learning truly delivers. Beneath the visible activities, canoeing across reservoirs, building rafts, scaling high ropes courses, lies a sophisticated...
