We live in the rainy North West, so good outdoors gear is a must at this time of year.
Finding decent outdoor clothing for kids that isn’t too utilitarian can be a challenge. When Flea goes on a Scout hike, it’s all I can do to persuade her that a Hollister hoodie and skinny jeans aren’t going to keep her warm and dry.
We were recently invited to try out something from the new children’s winter clothing range from Mountain Warehouse. The range has been created in partnership with uber-explorer Steve Backshall.
Our choice was the Sherpa Youth Jacket, which I thought would be great for when Flea is cycling to school in the rain. Because I’m a mean Mum (apparently) who makes my child ride her bike in all weathers.
Anyway, the coat is fully waterproofed with taped seams. There’s a fleece lining and added insulation for warmth. At £69, it’s not cheap, but this jacket is currently on sale over on the website at just £39.99. That’s a bit of a bargain!
The range isn’t just about coats, though. There are also walking shoes, fleeces and hoodies, along with a really nice day pack that would be ideal for hikes and days out.
I’ve teamed up with Mountain Warehouse to give on Who’s the Mummy reader the chance to win an item of their choosing from the Steve Backshall range – read on for details of how to win!
Steve Backshall Sherpa Youth Jacket
My first impression of this jacket is that it’s really substantial, and very well made.
In terms of sizing, Flea is 11, but we chose the Age 13 coat, as she’ll be wearing it over her school uniform, so needs a bit of extra room.
It fits well, with enough room to wear a blazer underneath. I like that the coat has a little bit of length, so Flea’s got a dry seat on her bike. And we’ve tested it against Lancashire rain, and can confirm it’s waterproof.
Personally, I’d have liked the sleeves to be a little longer. When Flea extends her arms forward, the sleeves don’t quite reach her wrists, but it’s a minor quibble. Maybe Flea has weirdly long arms.
I did really like some of the thoughtful little extra touches. The hood (detachable) is elasticated, so Flea’s hair stays dry. There’s also elastic on the sleeves, so rain doesn’t run up there when Flea’s riding her bike. And it’s a tiny thing but the hook to hang the coat up is also elastic. I mean, seriously, how often do those things snap on other coats??
There are two decent outside pockets and a zip-up pocket on the inside that’s big enough for a phone.
Overall, I thought this was a really nicely made, good quality coat. It’s solid enough that I feel happy it will handle whatever the winter has to throw at us. But the Steve Backshall name means it’s also cool enough that Flea is really happy to wear it.
Win, win!
Win an Item from the Mountain Warehouse Steve Backshall Range
This week, I’m teaming up with Mountain Warehouse to give one Who’s the Mummy reader the chance to win an item of their choosing from the Steve Backshall kids’ range.
To be in with a chance of winning, just leave a comment on this post telling me how your kids’ love to spend time outdoors in the winter. Don’t forget to complete the competition widget – bonus entries are available! Be sure to comment before midnight on the 5 November 2016 (GMT).
Good luck!
Terms: Open to UK adults aged 18+. One winner selected at random from all eligible entries after the closing date of Nov 5, 2016. Winners’ details will be displayed on this website within 7 days of the closing date. Entry is via a comment on the competition blog post. Bonus entries available. Maximum one entry (plus bonus entries) per household. Promoter and data controller: Flea Enterprises Ltd, 2 The Old Sawmill, Lytham,Lancs FY8 5PL.Â
Alexandra loves going to our local park whatever the weather
Sledging and building snowmen
My kiddies love being outside whatever the weather, so these coats would be fab
My kids love walking in our local woods with our dog – they enjoy looking out for the odd squirrel or fox and they love to collect conkers!
My grandsons love playing outside whether it’s in the park or the garden
Splashing about in the puddles, ans shuffling through the leaves
Dog walking in our local forest
they love being out whatever the weather
My son loves the monkey bars and climbing frames
My son like the rambles that we do through the countryside, we get new local walks and collect bits and bobs of nature and take photos as we go along.
When the rain is really heavy my little one strips naked and runs into the garden! He dances naked until he’s physically brought inside. Once inside he’ll beg us to let him back outside because ‘it feels lovely’
He’s a fruitcake!
Alexander aged 5 goes to outdoor club in school and they do things like fishing and collecting wood, he loves it.
My daughter loves creating dens in the leaves
I don’t have any children but would love to win this prize to donate to charity, to go to Romania.
as soon as their is a flake of snow they love to get out to make snow angels x
Finding decent outdoor gear for kids is so difficult. Either too pricey or the budget stuff isn’t good quality. Would love to win one of these.
Oops – hit enter too early! My son loves riding his bike and going for welly walks around our local water park and nature reserve. Followed by cheesy chips and hot chocolate at the pub!
Jumping in puddles and scrambling over hills
family walk up in the woods x
playing in the woods and fields
Oh I love Mountain Warehouse. I’m always really impressed with their prices. My kids love to play in the snow in winter given half a chance, but they’re also happy just splashing in puddles in more normal British weather.
Nat.x
My grandson loves splashing in puddles
jumping in puddles and cycling
The children love the outdoor life, as they both enjoy all aspects of camping
being members of the Scouting Movement.
We go on lots of woodland walks in the winter so some weatherproof coats would be great
whatever the wether football
Playing football in the park, even when the pitch is full of puddles
love exploring the parks
my son goes fishing
My boys love walks and bike rides in the forest, whatever the weather. Fab prize.
My son is always outside – climbing trees, playing football, doing whatever as long as he’s not sitting still! I love that he does that year round and comes home covered in mud and scratches – just like we did as kids!
My son loves exploring in forests and looking for sticks like Stickman! 🙂
My son love jumping in puddles
my daughter absolutely adores to play with mud in the mud kitchen
as long a there are puddles, crunchy leaves or some way to get mucky she is happy!
we like autumn and winter nature trails over the meadows
Play fights with sticks
Getting muddy up the woodland and running across the farm fields 🙂
Playing in the snow
Sledging on bin bags in the snow.
Aha! I so wanted one of their coats for Maddie but her school are so damn strict about colour. It has to be black, or she gets a detention! And the Steve Backshall coats are all such lovely colours! Mine are mostly into their bikes when we’re out during the winter, so decent gloves are in order. Unless you count skiing – that’s their absolute favourite, in which case they need pretty much everything!
outside on the trampoline x
Going walking and taking photos of the views
Jumping in puddles and building snowmen x
They love making up their own play with sticks, leaves and stones and anything else they can find.
Mine love bouncing on the trampoline come rain or shine
they love going to the park or playing in the woods
we’re not really heat worshippers so autumnal walks in our local park suit us down to the ground 🙂
We wrap up warm and go onto the local beach, its so windy and the sea so powerful, we love it !
Getting dresses warmly and going for a walk.
Jumping in muddy puddles! Infact, anything that gets them dirty!
Collecting conkers and splashing in muddy puddles
Walking in the woods – splashing in muddy puddles or crunching fallen leaves under foot. 🙂
we all love walking 🙂 we got for a few hours every weekend we love it ! usually go to the forest local to us
We love collecting leaves and conkers and making things with them
My grandchildren do a lot of cross country running , cycling and playing football.
Playing outside with their friends gardens. My children are preying for snow as love sledging and building snowmen
Walking the dogs together as a family 🙂
My children love cycling and spending time outdoors.
My son rounds up his friends who live next door and they have a nerf gun battle no matter how cold it is.
Splashing in puddles!
searching the skies for santa and his reindeers
My eldest loves to go out snow boarding in the winter
Going for walks in the local woods
Walking the dog through the various parkland we have nearby.
Fossil hunting on the beach
Great stuff
If we have snow then obviously playing in snow, otherwise my little one likes heading out and splashing around in puddles 🙂
My son loves collecting sticks, leaves and nuts, feeding the ducks and playing hide and seek.
We love going for walks in the forest and jumping in muddy puddles.
Splashing in puddles like Peppa Pig!
They like the walks we do as a family taking the dogs out, either to the woods or fields
Being in the park running about
My kids love going out on their scooters, zipping up and down the road whatever the weather
We likes walking in the woods all year round!
My boys just love getting out in his wellies and splashing in every puddle he can find 🙂
They love to collect sticks and build little houses at the moment
My Son – Football, football football
My Daughter – Anything that she can possibly get involved with that will get her muddy or wet.
My son likesn to go cycling.
They love going to the park whatever the weather
My daughter likes collecting items from outdoors and then creating things with them at home
Having a dog ensures that we all get out and about doing at least a little exercising everyday on those long walks. 🙂
My children love being outdoors. At the moment their favourite thing is to collect conkers when we go for a walk.
Love bike rides and climbing trees no matter what the weather is like!
Fossil hunting along the coast, such a thrill when we find one!
Just running about mostly with dragon breathe! Can’t wait to build up a giant stash of conkers and play them outside.
My son loves playing football and building dens!!
My kids love to play ball games outside, whatever the weather. They also love walks in the park or long bike rides.
Mine love walking the dog – it might mean extra pocket money!
walking in the woods with the dogs and kicking leaves everywhere 🙂
Jumping in puddles and bike rides.
She loves seeing the animals and collecting eggs with nanny
My little ones love being out doors, they love the snow to go sledging in we are praying for a white christmas
we love playing outside o matter the weather
if I’m being honest, my 2 ate being outside in the winter unless it snows, then its a completely different story, snowball fights, sledging, snoman building, snow angels, you name it 😀
Winter walks with wellies on!
My crazy lot love walks in the forest near by us. We take the dog and if it’s dry they climb trees. If it’s wet they like to have mud fights with us. Needless to say we take lots of sheets for the car journey home or my interior would be damaged.
we live just by the beach so my kids always like walking and playing on beach in all weathers
We love going to the nature reserve and feeding the ducks!
Running through the falling leaves x
Walking the dogs in the woods and crunching all the leaves underfoot
playing in the woods
We love to go for long walks and collect leaves, twigs and other items to use in our crafting activities when we get home.
We love going for long walks in our local country park with the dog
Winter fun walking along the beach front.
My son loves being outside in all weathers. We jump in puddles, go for walks in the woods, collect leaves, sledge and make a snowman if it snows
We walk for miles and miles in search of rare Pokemon so I imagine that’s what we’ll be doing even in deep snow this winter!
Mine love jumping in puddles when its wet outside
They love playing football with our dog!
My daughter loves to take our 3 dogs for a walk, rain jackets and wellies are a must!
Perfect for the kids are winter, my favourite time of year
We love visiting our local country park looking at all the changes -not forgetting yhe adventure playground
Mine love winter walks through our local woods
getting windswept on a deserted beach
Winter woodland walks are always a favourite of ours
We love long woodland walks as long as its not raining but if its snowing then it has to be playing in the snow! x
We love to take the dog to the local park for a walk.
My daughter just loves being outdoors, puddle splashing, leave crunching, keeping the garden in order with daddy 🙂 at the moment she loves getting wellies on to feed the birdies in the morning 🙂
Playing in the local woods, rock hopping, climbing trees, den building.
cycling
My children love jumping in puddles and building dens in the woods!
My toddler loves pottering around the garden and playing on his trampoline
My poor little man really doesn’t get to go out as much as he’d like to because I’m disabled and can’t take him out alone. He does get to play outside a pre-school though and I know he loves sand and water, but it will be his first Autumn outside, so he’s still finding out what he likes I suppose. He’s so grown up that I forget he’s still only 2 – for a couple of months anyway 🙂
Going out to the local park, farm and woods.. If it’s snowing we love playing in the snow.
We like to take the dogs down by the river.
My kids just love exploring outdoors so we always go to places we’ve never been before
Running round the playground like a loon!
Going up the large park near home, squirrels, conkers, nature trail, we get an ice cream in the cafe as well
Walking the dog through the local forest. It’s great in autumn with all the leaves.
At our local park watching my son run around playing
My daughter loves football so plays in all weathers!! Brrrr!! My son is less active but loves walks around our local park/lake!
anything messy splashing in puddles collecting leaves and conkers fab giveaway thankyou x
They love running around, riding bikes and scooters and collecting conkers and acorns.
Playing in the snow and making a big snow man
we love to go on family walks in the park
Splashing in muddy puddles!
We go away skiing!
We bundle up warm and go walking in the woods looking for wildlife, so much easier to spot when everything is bare in the winter.
This sounds great for the British weather. This is a new brand for me so I will taking a look for my girls. The details sound great
Wrapped up warm in the back garden toasting marshmallows over the chimnea!
My oldest child loves going to the play park or to the beach. My youngest one has never seen winter but I imagine she’ll be happy in her pram wherever we go.
Walks around the woods with the chidren
love going on walks in the woods near our house down to the park. We try to collect dandelion leaves for our guinea pigs
Living in the Scottish Highlands, these coats would be fab.
My little boy loves going out and collecting fallen leaves to paint and make pictures with. And of course jumping in muddy puddles!!
Long walks in the snow and a bit of sledging. My kids also like to ski.
We are lucky enough to live close to plenty of beaches and parks. But my grand-daughter loves to visit the pigs.
My grandchildren like to go in the woods with their Mum and Dad.
walking our dogs on Dartmoor
Walks, Woods, Park, Pond 🙂
Walking with the dog in the woods, throwing sticks for her!
We go on a lot of family walking days out my kids love it, collecting leaves whatever the weather
what a great win fingers crossed
we love visiting the beach 😀 also exploring the woods
Walking with our dog 🙂
My Son loves going mountain biking with his Dad.
We like going for walks in the woods
they love to be out playing football whatever the weather
my boys like to play football and obvs the muddier the better for them!
Naturetrails close to our home
Going on walks in the park!
My daughters like to get in their waterproofs and go riding their bikes and scooters round our local woods
We love heading to the woods, wellies on, whatever the weather!
If it snows my kids love to go out on the sledge and make igloos and snow forts
we love geocaching! we started at the beginning of the year and our 2 year old loves it. Hes outdoorsy as it is so he loves running about helping look for magic boxes and swapping his finds 🙂
My kids love to climb trees, seek out creepy crawlies, get as mucky as possible – you wouldn’t think they were both girls.
We like going to our local park and the duck pond
Splashing in puddles or riding his scooter
Jumping in puddles and stomping through crunchy leaves!
collecting wood for a den and campfire
WE loved to head to the beach before we moved
We still get out on bike rides as often as we can but if it,s too icy then a nice walk is always good – hopefully get some snow to go sledging with our 6 year old
We love going for long walks in the woods
I love watching the wild hedgehogs in my garden at night.
Playing football
My boy love anywhere outside, the park, walking in the woods, collecting leaves and things!
We love Long walks on the pier or in the park 🙂
jumping in puddles!
Wow – this would be great for exploring the great outdoors
Love looking for hazelnuts and chestnuts in our local woods with our son
Dog walking in our local forest
going running together as a family with the dog in the woods- lots of fun, super healthy and eco friendly! tick tick tick!
going for walks in the woods
Jumping in puddles and playing in the leaves.
exploring wimbledon common
We love visiting our local park and nature centre
Jumping in puddles, kicking leaves and if it’s not too wet going on the slide
My son loves playing football and bug hunting!
Taking the dog on walks and stamping in puddles
My sons love finding puddles and jumping in them, anything messy really!
Alice loves splashing in puddles with our puppy Poppy.
Casper loves playing in the garden – he has a lovely play house which my Dad made for me when I was little. When the weather is bad I wrap him up in lots of warm clothes and his wellies – he plays out there with the dog for hours!
We love nice woodland walks, or going to the park
Just in time. My need some winter coats
They love going out riding their bikes
We love walking in the woods, park and doing treasure hunts in the garden 🙂
My youngest loves playing out with her friends in all weathers, mostly playing football over the field 🙂
The Beach – in the winter it is practically deserted so they can run, play, collect stones or shells and get rid of excess energy!!
my eldest loves going for walks in the leaves
My daughter just loves walking and running outside no matter the weather 🙂 She always talking about snowball fights, but we never have any snow
My kids love being outside whatever the weather, but they do really enjoy a walk in the woods at this time of year, kicking up leaves and hearing them crunch!
SLEDGING WHEN IT SNOWS 🙂
My little boy loves brushing up the leaves
Walking our gundog in the woods with Mummy and Daddy come rain or shine and beating in the great outdoors.
at the moment our grandchildren like to take our 2 little dogs for a walk in the local park
by playing in the garden, walks on the beach and if lucky to have snow, building snowmen
Winter walks in the woods!
mine love walking the dogs through forests
I love to visit the woods and beaches in Autumn and Winter with the children
We love wrapping up warm and going out with my children in the snow, building snowmen
Den building is always a favourite of our boy. He is very sporty so footy down the park is always on his top things to do list.
Just usually going for walks with the dog and playing with the puppy when we are out and about
Kicking the fallen leaves around on the floor.
exploring the countryside and making dens
we love going geo caching and jumping in muddy puddles with the kids
The kids and I go for long walks in the local woods and country parks collecting nature bits and conkers to ward off the spiders in the house.
My daughter loves riding on her scooter 🙂
my little daughter loves playing in the woods and fields
playing in the park
My twins love kicking up leaves in the park
Would have to be kicking a ball around, collecting shells on the beach or finding great sticks at the woods x
We love going to the bike with scooters or bikes (if it’s not too slippy!)
Grabbing leaves and throw them to pretend it’s raining!
our daughters like riding their bikes outside
My kids love going to the woods. Also jumping in muddle puddles.
My daughters love splashing around in the puddles and especially like going out in the rain (I know strange children lol) We then go home and have Hot Chocolate with Marshmellows 🙂
Going to feed the ducks and the swans nearby.
Going to the park – she loves walks and going to theme parks and other trips out too but would live at the park if she could! 🙂
H is hoping for snow she desperately wants to build a snowman
Sledging or building snowmen
My little girl loves playing outside all year round with her friends on her bike, playing tig and with a ball. When it’s snowed she loves building a snowman to.
Cycling in our local forest!
they prey for enough snow to get the sledges out and to have a good old fashioned snowball fight
they love playing on the trampoline
Cycling and playing football
Jumping in muddy puddles…….IN THE RAIN!
Cursing Peppa Pig
Walking up and around the canal
This is the time of year great conker hunts go on – digging deep in the leaves!
exploring the local woods x
Foraging for the biggest conkers!
Playing football
We love walks in the woods, dog , wellies and warm layers.
This time of year kicking leaves or splashing in puddles, listening to our boots squelching in the mud
Dylan loves to be outdoors especially in the woods with a stick, binoculars and his bug book looking for creatures under leaves and stones.
Going to the woods for long walks
we all love to go out on our bikes winter and summer
Playing in the park, long walks in the woods and the beech when it’s quite, all favourites of our boys, fantastic prize thank you for the opportunity
My 2 year old Grandson loves pretending to be a dinosaur and running around in our local park. This is amusing for passers by as he wants me to join in lol
Lots of walking with the dog in the woods and fields
Going to walks collecting sticks and leaves to craft with
We love going out and building snowmen .x
going to the park
We take them up on the moors to run around, there is a moorland hill near us where they can play football or cricket and use up all their energy.
wrapping up warm and taking the dogs a walk in the forrests
My two love going out whatever the weather but their most favourite thing to do is get as muddy and as wet as possible. Puddle jumping is a must!
puddle jumping has to be the best fun ever
Runing the Basset Hounds on the Beach.
We live on the coast and come rain or shine nothing stops my boys from enjoying a run on the beach.
My grandchildren love feeding the ducks at the lake!
My little lone just loves running through the forest and finding pine cones 🙂
My son loves being outside. We wrap up and go out walking, often calling at one of the local parks.
My daughter loves walking our dog in the field
Playing in the snow
My grandson loves going a walk with his Granny Dibble and her little dog. We walk along the riverside and chat about school, we tell jokes and he just makes me smile and laugh the whole time. He’s a great wee boy who is so full of love and smiles. It would be great if I could win some waterproof clothes for him.
My nephew loves playing in the garden with his toys xx
My partners grand kids love going with us on long adventures in our local woods when we take our dog for a walk – So many wonderful adventures and trails to follow 🙂
Fishing with me at the local ponds
Wrapped up in coats, hat, scarf and gloves and kicked through the fallen leaves. Oh and if we are lucky enough playing in the snow of course!
Going for walks in our nearby wood
We like family bike rides
My little girl loves to go to our local country park to play and feed the ducks
My kids are always outside no matter what the weather. They love puddles and leaves. When it snows it’s their favourite though
We love going for woodland walks in the winter
My 3 yr old daughter loves jumping in leaves and puddles. And feeding and mucking out horses
Making snowmen
walks in the Countryside
Playing with our dog in the local park or woods.
Playing in our back garden
Riding bikes or scooters in the park!
we like to hit the beach once the tourists go home from summer visiting … we take the dogs wrap up warm and hit the sand
providing it’s snowing, sledging and building snowmen
My little one loves throwing snow at me!
Being outside is the best for children, gets rid of all those germs keeps up fit ! And keeps them away from the iPads !!!
Forest walks, cycling and collecting stones and shells on the beach, all wrapped up cosy in hats, gloves and scarfs.
walking on the canal and feeding the ducks
My kids love playing in the puddles and playing on sleighs in the snow .They don’t care about the weather. They also love exploring in the forest .
Building snowmen if it snows!
We love going for walks in the countryside
My kids love just being outdoors and get dirty lol! Whether its jumping in muddy puddles running around muddy fields or visiting our local WWT centre (slimbridge) to feed the birds! xx
jumping in muddy puddles!
Mine love to be out on their bikes!!
my youngest and oldest love it down the park, the middle 2 {twins} hate it
Leaf kicking.
My children love walking by the canal, kicking the fallen leaves in the park, bouncing on the trampoline in the garden, and out in the street on their bikes and scooters.
taking our dog Buster out to play frisbee
My kids love jumping in puddles, while we wait and wait for the snow
Living in Cornwall it’s a trip to the beach for us!
My daughter loves going on the swing and slide at the park and also going for walks
autumn walks collecting leves then when were lucky enought to have snow we love building snowmen 🙂
we love visiting the beach also exploring the woods
The children like to visit the park.
My two love collecting leaves and creating rubbings in the park to making snowball and giant snowmen if we get any snow! However our time is mainly spent watching our son and daughter play mini rugby so outdoor wear is always needed!
My little boy enjoys building snowmen