Wallington National Trust

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Hi Everyone,

Nothing beats getting out and about and it's even more important at the moment that we can enjoy open spaces and have a sense of freedom.

A National Trust pass offers you access to amazing open spaces  and beautiful properties throughout the year. It's definitely one of the best purchases we have ever made. You can buy your NT pass here:

http://tidd.ly/1178fc7e

This pass offers you free access and parking to sites right throughout the UK. It's brilliant value for money. They would also make a wonderful Christmas gift.

Visit our website: www.notboredoutdoors.co.uk to see lots of reviews from our visits to various NT properties.

We have included a video of our day out at Wallington today. At the moment you can enjoy the beautiful Christmas decorations, a Peter Rabbit trail (£2 charge), a woodland trail, a large wooden play area, a separate castle play fort, walled garden, shop, cafe (takeaway) and various scenic walks. Wallington is a vast site and you can definitely spend all day there. We have visited many times and are still finding new routes and places to explore.

Fountains Abbey

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We visited the beautiful Fountains Abbey National Trust yesterday (20/9/20) one of our very favourite sites but what made it even more special this time was the children's play area has now reopened and it has lots of new elements too including a pretty amazing tree house.

We were lucky enough to have a lovely sunny day but I have to say Autumn and winter are probably our favourite seasons to visit National Trust sites. With the leaves falling and the crisp air they do have a more enchanting feel. 

The National Trust are still using a pre-booking system to ensure they are keeping the number of visitors on site low. We must say that this has worked really well and over the past couple of weeks the demand for booking has eased so its much easier to book a time slot.

Below is a link to our website to show you how to get a National Trust pass if you haven't already got one. Please feel free to look at our longer Fountains Abbey review and our other National Trust reviews on there too. 

https://www.notboredoutdoors.co.uk/2020/01/scottish-national-trust-offers-ad-hi.html?m=0

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Brimham Rocks and OFFER

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Today we visited Brimham Rocks National Trust in Harrogate. This is definitely the place to go for adventure lovers and kids who love to climb. Our youngest especially, was in her absolute element here.

As the name suggests this site is filled to the brim with rocks of all different sizes and shapes making some absolutely wonderful structures and most importantly perfect for climbing opportunities. With the varying sizes and shapes there is a definetly a rock that can be climbed by everyone. We really loved that there were, toddlers through to teens and of course adults all having a go and enjoying this outdoor adventure.

Our youngest who is 8 loves to climb anything and everything so attempted pretty much every rock we came across (within reason).

From the various vantage points you can see some amazing views of the country side and lots of farm animals to spot too.

If you don't want to climb the rocks you can just follow the trails rounds and admire the scenery we saw lots of dogs walkers doing exactly that.

The site is free to enter but parking in the large onsite car park is chargeable unless you are national trust members. The toilet facilities and kiosk were open and there was a lovely ice cream at the entrance. This was the busiest site we have visited since lockdown but as its so vast there are plenty of routes you can take to get away from any busier spots. We would definitely recommend going earlier in the day so you can make the most of it being quieter and if you fully explore the site we would say you'd need at least 4 hours.

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/brimham-rocks

#ad Click below for link to join the national trust, with family tickets for only £9.50pm:

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Gibside National Trust

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Today we visited Gibside National Trust for the first time since it had reopened. There is currently a new booking system in place to ensure the sites don't get too busy and I must say it worked wonderfully. We booked the 10:00-10:30am entry slot and it felt like we had the site to ourself.

We headed straight along the beautiful avenue (completing some wild challenges along the way) upto the stables and onto the play scape, which comprises of various wooden obstacles and objects to navigate round.

From there we headed to the low ropes challenge, this is a favourite spot of ours. Set in beautiful woodland you navigate various rope obstacles. We always time each other and see who can be the quickest to complete the challenge. The ropes are trickier than they appear and keep us entertained for a good while. We stayed here to enjoy our picnic on the table and benches.

After lunch, we headed to the den building area. Another favourite pass time of ours. We spent almost two hours on our creations today and they were pretty impressive, if I do say so myself.

We spent a full day here and didn't get round half of the site. We will keep the river walk, walled garden and geo-caching for our next visit.

The toilet facilities and cafe are open but the main playground and stables are still closed. This didn't take away at all from our day as there is so much to do at Gibside.

Gibside is chargeable but free for National Trust members. I couldn't recommend the benefits of a National Trust membership enough there are a huge amount of sites to visit and enjoy. We've found that the Scottish National Teust membership is cheaper and allows you into all the English sites. For more information on the National Trust Memberships follow the below link:

https://tidd.ly/3eZrU9X

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Scottish National Trust Offers

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Hi Everyone,

Click the link to get your National Trust Family membership from only £6pm:
http://tidd.ly/1178fc7e

If you have followed #notboredoutdoors for a while you will know just how much we love to visit National Trusts grounds and properties. We have had Scottish NT passes now for about 5 years and we couldn't be without them. There are so many beautiful places to visit with so much to do whatever the weather they really are the best passes we have ever purchased.

The Scottish pass is cheaper that the English version but it gives you all the same benefits. Free entry into nationwide sites, free parking and numerous free family friendly activities that run throughout the year.

The passes are especially great for school holidays as the majority of sites have a different activity running daily throughout the holidays. Perfect to keep the kids entertained and the costs down.

National Trusts site as a whole boast amazing playgrounds, stunning walks, forrests and wildlife. There really is something for everyone.

Feel free to check out the below links to read about some of the NT sites we have visited this year.

Wallington NT
https://www.facebook.com/674273372992027/posts/840307593055270/

Gibside NT
https://www.facebook.com/674273372992027/posts/800459313706765/

Fountains Abbey NT
https://www.facebook.com/674273372992027/posts/743386959414001/