August 29

Clean A Beach

We may all be respectful when on the beaches ourselves, putting our rubbish in the bins, but not everyone is. Seeing beaches covered in litter isn’t a pretty sight and not a photo you would take home to show off your holiday!

With this in mind, how about helping out for a couple of hours at a beach near you? Often, volunteer groups will organise and advertise days when they will gather together to tidy a beach. Obviously there will be rules on picking up certain things like glass, but everyone will get gloves and bags and it would be a lovely thing to look back on and think how you’ve made a difference!

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August 23

Fly A Plane

Lots of websites advertise flying experiences and flying lessons, definitely something to tick off on your list of things to do. To actually control a plane and even learn some tricks would make for an amazing experience!

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August 20

Toboggan Run

In your lifetime you need to have a go on a toboggan run, it’s so much fun!!! Going along the track and around the corners as fast or as slow as you want. Be careful though to not go too fast around the corners, you don’t want to fall off or loose anything! If you really like it, you could always have another go! If going with family or friends think about the order you go in though, if one of the people with you loves speed make sure you’re not infront of them!!

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August 17

Tour A Lighthouse

In your lifetime why not visit a lighthouse! There are many different types all over the place and they serve, or did serve a very important purpose! They make for brilliant photos from the outside and inside. From the top of the spiralling staircases you would get a brilliant view of the surrounding areas. Inside you would also be able to get a feel of what it would be like to work and live in one of them. Where they sleep, how they eat and so on, as well as finding out many interesting facts about the lighthouse along the way!

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August 12

Design Your Own Ceramics

Why not be imaginative and artistic and design your own cup and saucer or plates and bowls. There’s so much choice of pottery you could even design your own vase or model. There’s many ceramic studios where you can paint your own and they will finish it off and varnish it for you so you can take it home and keep it! What a lovely item to display in your house, or to use on a day to day basis!

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August 9

Find Your Childhood Friend

Remember when you were younger running around the playground? In Playschool or Nursery or Primary School. Most people loose touch with those first friends they made when they move house or change schools. Don’t you wonder what happened to them and what they are doing in life now? Why not find out! If you have old addresses or phone numbers you could always see if they still work, if not there are websites where people can find people from their old schools. It’s worth a try! You could even manage to see each other in person and have a long catch up of everything that’s happened since then! I managed to reunite with 4 of my friends 12 years after I had last seen them, see how many old friends you can find!

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August 3

Henna

Henna, also known as Mendi is an amazing thing to watch being done, and one simply must try it themselves. It is difficult at times to keep the hands still and fingers apart while the design is intricately placed on the front and back of your hands. It is amazing how many different varieties of designs can be put on and the steadiness of the persons hands as they do not make a mistake. Afterwards is a long waiting process as you cannot touch anything with your hands for a few hours as your hands dry, and lemon is applied to the design. The longer it is left on, the darker the colour will be on your hands. When it is dry you can either wait for it to fall off or lightly wash it off for the design underneath to appear. The design usually lasts for up to a week.

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