[WillowTheWhisp]

10 is a great age for exploring the local area. What about doing the Acorn Trail? We did it a couple of years ago when my youngest was 10, and 2 or 3 years before that when her older sister was 10 or 11. We do lots of walking in the fresh air which is great for kids. When we had a dog I walked the legs of Mimi's friend one day when she came with us. She just wasn't used to it.

There's a bus service from Carnforth to Warton - if you want a taxi I have the phone number of a Carnforth taxi firm but as it's a one man band type thing they may decide not to operate if they have family things they are doing like taking the kids somewhere! You could always walk it. We used to spend every summer on a farm outsde of Carnforth and walk to Carnforth and then from Carnforth to Warton. Can't beat staying in an out of the way place with no car to make kids get a bit of excercise and fresh air. We're having a change now though because the farm/caravan field owner had become a trifle odd.