IF keeping the kids busy over the summer is burning a hole in your pocket, there's a low cost fun family activity that could top up your bank account instead of emptying it. Called Treasure Tails, there more are than 1,200 scattered across the UK. Usually costing £9.
99 for the guidebook, I managed to do it for less after finding secondhand booklet from a charity shop for a couple of quid. The idea behind the Treasure Trails is to follow the booklet or a digital version on your phone looking for interesting details on landmarks in your chosen spot and answering the clues until you solve the final puzzle. The trails can be found everywhere from cities like Manchester to tiny villages and coastal towns like Bude , so there's something for everyone, whether you're away for a summer staycay or not.
It's also fab for all ages as everyone can get stuck in and solve the clues together, so definitely a winner if you're spending time with grandparents over the summer . Read more on UK holidays We took on the trail around Barrow-upon-Soar, a picturesque canal-side village just outside Loughborough in Leicestershire. It's a place we've visited loads of times before as we have friends who live there, but following the directions took us down new paths and roads, taking a long look at buildings and monuments that would have blended into the background if we weren't hunting for clues as we walked along.
Interspersed with the treasure hunt clues were little nuggets of information about site.