From a zip wire to sledging, one setting in Scotland is uniquely adventurous. By Marianne Sargent

Flying across a ravine on a 100m zip wire, bouldering in the garden and mountain sledging are part of everyday life for the children at Lathallan Nursery in Angus, Scotland.

Manager Janice Jarvie says children in the nursery have their first experience of adventure sports at the age of two. ‘We cater from birth right up to five in the nursery and the only class that does not join in are the birth to two-year-olds, because they are just a little bit too tiny. But the two- to three-year-olds have just started using the zip wire. So it’s fantastic; the whole nursery go out and have a ball.’

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