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Family Favourites Ideas for what to do with little ones.


Secret picnic spots


Okay, so it’s now October and perhaps not the time to be planning your next outdoor dining experience but I figured I’d tell you about our favourite haunts regardless (while the grockles aren’t around to be in on the secret) and you can save them up for next year. Who knows, we may even get that belated heatwave yet. Tactic number one for nailing


that rural idyll, is be prepared to walk to it. Your average grockle doesn’t walk, so if you do, you escape them. And you don’t have to go too far either; I’m talking 10 minutes max to all of the locations I’m about to mention. Tactic number two, take an


organised friend. Then you can claim that you left that delicious salad you slaved over making on the kitchen side by mistake and low and behold, they’ve probably got a back-up readily prepared in their cool box. Oh and don’t offer to carry the cool box. Tactic number three. Try not to go


when it’s raining. If it starts to rain, make sure you’re near a big leafy tree. So with girded loins, that


organised friend (everybody’s got one) and a fair forecast, try out the following:


Hallsands between Kingsbridge and Slapton. Park in the car park behind the coast path, just above the old abandoned village that collapsed


Sharpham Vineyard By Philippa Hutton


I normally dread a picnic. Or at least I did, before this summer. Why waste the time packing up half the contents of your kitchen when there is nor- mally a perfectly good café to be had? But truth be told, I think I’m a bit of a convert. This may be because I’ve discovered the delights of Waitrose mini-sausage rolls – less than £2 a pack and they come from Waitrose so they must be good for us – or it may be because over the past couple of months we’ve discovered some truly idyllic spots for a family feast.


© Philip-Halling Hallsands beach


into the sea (worth strolling down to the viewing platform to take a look at it on the way to the beach). Walk left along the coast path for about five minutes before beginning the descent to the beach down some steps. The beach itself is pebbled but personally I prefer that because the amount of time I’ve spent this summer trying to get sand out of a one year old’s bottom crack is frankly ridiculous. Lovely spot for a swim, a bit of lunch and you can take your dogs all year round too if you so wish (although to me, picnic + dog = too much hard work, especially when there’s Waitrose sausage rolls to be had).


© Derek Harper © Tony Atkin Wonwell beach


Sharpham Vineyard Ashprington near Totnes Alright, so there is a darned good café here I admit. And it serves wine. But you don’t have to go to the café and the budget experience is equally as good. Pay £2.50 per adult (kids are free) in the vineyard shop and you can access the circular walk down through the vines to the river. There are some grassy patches on the river bank so pitch camp here. Kids can throw sticks into the river or climb in the trees that separate the track from the vineyard fields. sitting by the water and sipping on a ginger beer, with handsome


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