Max and family in Stockton Woods last summer

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Ever since the children were little we all used to stay in a friend's cottage in Wiltshire and go for walks in the woods above the village. Admittedly Rachel was keener than Max on the idea of walks in the woods, but he joined in cheerfully and found trees to climb. On this last walk he started to tell us a bit more about his gap year travels with the other lads - bits he hadn't told us about in detail before, such as the epic expedition up the volcano, and the spiders in the jungle.