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Edinburgh Adventures
Ditch the screens!
Have your family begging for another fun outdoor adventure with these tried-and-tested day trips for all the family (including the 🐶)
“We really wanted to get outside more with our kids… we just needed that ‘push’ on exactly where to go and how.
Edinburgh Adventures has inspired us and makes it super easy to plan our weekends.”
- Neil, Jacqueline, Carmen (12), Eli (8) and Coco the dog!
Get new ideas and make walks fun for everyone
Each Adventure Includes:
Summary and Statistics
Find the difficulty rating, distance, location, total ascent, dog suitability, etc of each route at a glance.
Where to Start
You’ll find out how to travel to the start by public transport or driving (and where exactly to park!)
Adventure Highlights
Landmarks to look out for to make the adventure even more exciting; includes, sunken submarines, hermit’s caves, Saxon battlegrounds, wildlife watch and much more.
Step-by-Step Instructions for Each Route
You’ll know exactly where to walk (or cycle) to complete a successful adventure.
Map and Height Profile of Walks
Find your way and prepare for hills using our map and profile page for each adventure.
Top Tips
If we’ve found a good cafe - we’ll tell you about it. If we’ve discovered the perfect place for a picnic - we’ll tell you about it. If we didn’t pack something (and we should have!) - we’ll tell you about it.
You'll create everlasting memories with your adventurous family with no complaining and without an iPad in sight.
WE PROMISE!
These Adventurers LOVED our tried-and-tested routes!
Meet the Team
Like every family in Edinburgh, we spent the pandemic trying to limit screen time, keeping them safe, healthy and happy. We'd drag the kids out for a walk and got so bored of the same old routes.
Dan took the initiative and started researching more interesting walks that the kids would enjoy. In the hope that they might actually start to WANT to get outside.
Our friends started asking us, "Where were you on Saturday? The photos looked amazing" or "Can you just tell us exactly where to park, exactly where to walk and what to take?". This book is a direct result of recommending these day trip adventures to our friends.
— Sally, Dan, Megan (12) and Cole (10) Weatherly
Your Adventure Plan
Buy the book.
Choose a mini, midi or max adventure from our 'off the beaten track' list.
Pick a day.
Use our book to pack the stuff you'll need.
Get outside and find freedom and adventure with your family.
WHAT YOU’LL GET
Get Outside.
Maybe your dog is looking up at you with those begging eyes saying, “walk....?”
Maybe you’re like us and spent the pandemic trying to work while simultaneously limiting kids screen time, dragging them out for walks and getting bored of the same old routes. It was not an adventure...
We're all more aware of the benefits of getting outside for our physical and mental health. We know we need to Get Outside.
It’s not as simple as “Get Outside” though - is it?
It takes effort to find somewhere 'different'
The kids will complain that's it's too far / too boring / too windy...
You're too busy to research new places
This book will help you Get Outside as easily as possible - helping you create an adventure to remember forever.
Outside is Free.
It's hard to ignore the rapidly increasing cost of living. A one hour session in an infection-ridden soft play is the LAST thing you want to spend your hard-earned money on....
Outside is free. Outside can also be really boring - if you don’t have a plan.
It's easier just to pay for cinema, soft play and trampoline parks.
If you choose to embark on some of the adventures in this book, we promise that costs will be minimal. Outside is Free, but petrol and public transport are not! We have reduced costs on every adventure by bringing picnics; however, we're suckers for a decent independent cafe and try to include a recommendation in every adventure.
This book will show you how to easily find a (nearly!) free adventure.
Find Freedom.
We don't have a dog (much to our daughter's disgust!) but there's an unwritten rule that you need to exercise them twice a day - right?
It's the same with people.
If you get outside as much as possible, you Find Freedom that you never knew existed.
Our experience is that our kids seem to argue less when we're outside and they're not constantly asking to use the iPad. Instead, they're building little dams in rivers, climbing trees and spotting wildlife. We live in a city centre flat. We can't just let our kids out on the street to Find Freedom there, but we want them to experience the adventure of childhood.
This book really tells the story of us trying to Find Freedom ourselves and explore the outdoors. Maybe you want that story for yourself too?
Find Adventure.
We've always loved The Goonies, believing it to be the ultimate family adventure film. Imagine having that adventure in your childhood?
Whilst we can't offer our kids murdering baddies and pirate's gold, we can help them Find Adventure in their lives and make every weekend memorable.
Finding wholesome and exciting adventures is not easy, especially when so many of the tourist spots around Edinburgh are 'old news' to families who live here. Who wants to go to the National Museum of Scotland AGAIN??!!
We've put this book together to share some of our favourite day trips that are slightly more adventurous.
Find Adventure inside this book. Choose from Mini, Midi or Max adventures and make memories this weekend.
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