Hannah's 50 things

From the Mirror Online:

British kids are becoming house-bound couch potatoes who have lost touch with the joys of nature.  A quarter of all children never play outside, a third have never climbed a tree and amazingly one in 10 can’t even ride a bike.  Kids are more than twice as likely to get bumps and bruises falling out of bed than falling out of trees and one in four don’t know what a mouse looks like.  Meanwhile, children spend an average of four-and-a-half hours a day sat in front of a TV or computer screen.  But a report commissioned by the National Trust suggests it may be parents who are stopping kids exploring the great outdoors.  More than 80% of kids say they want more freedom to play outside – to build dens, swing on ropes, go camping or explore rock pools – but fewer than 10% get the chance because their mums and dads won’t let them.  A previous survey by charity Play England showed over-protective parents are banning their children from “dangerous” pursuits that they once took for granted.  One in five youngsters aged seven to 12 have been forbidden from playing conkers and 17% are not even allowed to play tag.  Adrian Voce, former director of Play England said: “Playing is an essential part of growing up and helps to instil ­critical life skills in kids.”

The National Trust has now launched a campaign to encourage ­children to get outside to enjoy old-fashioned adventures in safety.  It has come up with a list of 50 Things To Do Before You’re 11¾ and formed a group of Elite Rangers to help teach them how to play alfresco – a top tree climber, a den building supremo, bug-catching expert, treasure hunter and stone skimmer.

'reckon we can knock these off before she's 5

And we love a good bagger's list:
National Trust's 50 things:

Climb a tree
Roll down a really big hill	1,
Camp out in the wild
Build a den
Skim a stone
Run around in the rain
Fly a kite
Catch a fish with a net
Eat an apple straight from a tree
Play conkers
Throw some snow
Hunt for treasure on the beach
Make a mud pie
Dam a stream
Go sledging
Bury someone in the sand
Set up a snail race
Balance on a fallen tree	April 2012
Swing on a rope swing
Make a mud slide
Eat blackberries growing in the wild
Take a look inside a tree
Visit an island	July 2011
Feel like you’re flying in the wind
Make a grass trumpet
Hunt for fossils and bones
Watch the sun wake up
Climb a huge hill	see Hannah's Wainwrights
Get behind a waterfall
Feed a bird from your hand
Hunt for bugs
Find some frogspawn
Catch a butterfly in a net
Track wild animals
Discover what’s in a pond
Call an owl
Check out the crazy creatures in a rock pool
Bring up a butterfly
Catch a crab
Go on a nature walk at night
Plant it, grow it, eat it	September 2012
Go wild swimming
Go rafting
Light a fire without matches
Find your way with a map and compass
Try bouldering (rock climbing outdoors but with safety mats and short drops)
Cook on a campfire
Try abseiling
Find a geocache (use GPS and other navigational aides to locate hidden containers.)	15/04/2012
Canoe down a river