Walking group

[FreshAirClaire]

Does anyone know if there is a walking group in Bristol or the surrounding area for parents with very young children? I have a 2 year old and a 5month old.

I want to find an outdoor alternative to the usual toddler group options. We go to forest school, which is brilliant, but I am thinking more of child friendly locations, a different walk each week and more of a nature ramble than buggy exercise class.

If there is nothing like this, anyone fancy starting a group?

I would be interested in something like this. We have a three year old and both myself and my husband were keen hill-walkers in our pre-children days. Whilst we're not intending to take our little one up mountains just yet it would be nice for them to start getting an appreciation of being away from towns/cities and starting to discover the great outdoors!

I have noticed that the Ramblers do organise walks for "people with small children", but they seem mostly to be centered around Cardiff, which I think is a bit far to go on a regular basis. I also haven't been on any of these so don't know what they're like.

I checked out the forest school you mentioned, it looks brilliant! Do you do that at weekends or during the week?

.... not quite a walking group but I noticed recently that St Werburghs City Farm are running an outdoor baby group (0-3) at their Boiling Wells Lane site - it's a fantastic tucked away piece of heavenly green right in the middle of the city. I haven't made it there myself but it sounds amazing.

I might be up for something like this. DS is nearly three. I've tried taking him to places like Leigh Woods just by myself but he doesn't seem to enjoy it as much as when we are out and about with other small people. I'm not that fit myself so wouldn't describe myself as hill-walker material but so long as the pace is small-child-friendly I'd probably keep up.

I might be interested too, I miss hill walking

walking for health (south glos council) do a buggy walk from emersons green twice a month (or at least used to). Also some of their other walking for health routes are suitable for buggies.

Have a look buggy walks and there's a list at the side for the walking to health programme which will give you dates and which walks are suitable for buggys.

This seemed to die a bit of a death!

If those people who were interested fancy giving it a go, then shall we try meeting up at, say, Leigh Woods one weekend to see how we (and our little ones) get on?

Anyone free Saturday afternoon (14th July), if the weather's not too dismal!?