For a girl who spent her summers exploring the shorelines of Studland, seeing them afresh through my daughter’s eyes is one of the most wonderful joys. But seeing them again through her eyes under the enthusiastic and knowledgable guidance of adventure seekers, Dan, Jade and their beautiful brood of wildling girls, was quite something else.

On a bright, cloudy morning, we arrived at Hutquarters, Middle Beach, ready for a morning of beach school and foraged feasts with Fore/Adventure. And adventure we did; shelter building, beach foraging, damn building and dune jumping. Friendships were forged and lessons learnt; did you know crushed gorse flowers smell of coconut?

As our morning drifted into afternoon, we  rounded off our beach adventure with a campfire cookout. Between hill rolling and hide and seek, the children helped chop wood for the fire and made their own bread using flat topped rocks as their kitchen and their hands as mixing bowls. As they nibbled and played, we savoured conversation and woodsmoked local sausages sandwiched between fresh baked flatbreads, flavoured with foraged wild garlic and rosemary, before toasting marshmallows for the best s’mores on the coast.

Big and little, we loved every minute  of our experience, and there’s so much to try – from kayaking and coasteering, to wild food foraging, fire-making, bushcraft, beach school and more. Jade and Dan were gracious, engaging and entertaining hosts, who so obviously know and love what they do inside and out. We can’t wait to go back.

Images by Sarah-Lou Kimmer