So it’s the school holidays (again!). The sun is out. It’s warm. We have a couple of acres of woodland and one of freshly cut lawn. We have footballs, rugby balls, cricket balls, bicycles, a fire pit, trees to climb and enough air rifles to start a small war.

Where are the kids? Inside playing on the Wii.

I am very tempted to place an ad in a national newspaper offering all outside areas free to any family, or children, that would like to enjoy the great outdoors.

I’ll even cook the sausages.