Home - Frog Mom

Home
Outdoors
OUTDOORS

Hi, I’m Frog Mom a.k.a Laure Latham. The “Frog” in Frog Mom comes from my being French but also from my love for nature. I have two daughters born in 2003 and 2005 and I’ve taken them on outdoors adventures since they were babies.
- Biking
- Camping
- Environment
- Hiking
- Skills
- Water
- Winter
  - Dogsledding
  - Skiing
  - Sledding
  - Snow
Travel
TRAVEL

Hi, I’m Frog Mom a.k.a Laure Latham. The “Frog” in Frog Mom comes from my being French but also from my love for nature. I have two daughters born in 2003 and 2005 and I’ve taken them on outdoors adventures since they were babies.
- Europe
  - Croatia
  - Iceland
  - Ireland
  - Estonia
  - France
    
    Brittany
    
    Languedoc-Roussillon
  - Finland
  - Greece
  - Latvia
  - Malta
  - Norway
  - Spain
  - Switzerland
  - UK
    
    Devon
    
    Lake District
    
    London
    
    Peak District
    
    Scotland
    
    Wales
- Asia
  - Australia
  - Cambodia
  - China
  - Indonesia
  - Japan
- National Parks
- United States
  - California
  - Florida
  - Nevada
  - New England
  - New York
- Mountains
Family
FAMILY

Hi, I’m Frog Mom a.k.a Laure Latham. The “Frog” in Frog Mom comes from my being French but also from my love for nature. I have two daughters born in 2003 and 2005 and I’ve taken them on outdoors adventures since they were babies.
- Inspiration
Recipes
Recipes

Hi, I’m Frog Mom a.k.a Laure Latham. The “Frog” in Frog Mom comes from my being French but also from my love for nature. I have two daughters born in 2003 and 2005 and I’ve taken them on outdoors adventures since they were babies.
- Vegan
- Camping Recipes
- Foraging
  - Chickweed
  - Dandelion
  - Plantain
  - Rosehips
  - Seaweed
  - Sloes
  - Wild Garlic
  - Wild Fennel
  - Wild Flowers
  - Wild Plums
- Recipes
Shop
About

Travel

#SlowTravel by Train: How to Green...

If you love travel, nature and the outdoors, #slowtravel by train might just be the […]

Scenic train at the platform in lush tropical countryside

Girl reading a book in front of fairy lights

Outdoors

Books For Kids: Winter & Holidays (2021)

Celebrating the end of the year and colder temperatures, these books will make children look […]

Outdoors

Hiking and Wild Swimming at Dancing Ledge, Dorset

On any adventure by the sea in England, here and there you will come upon […]

Outdoors

Ice Swimming in the Arctic Circle in Norway

Changing into your swimsuit on the beach is usually fine, but when the sand is covered […]

Recipes

Popular recipes

Popular Tags

nature-3191091_640

Inspiration

20 Outdoor Influencers on Twitter

Travel

Search for the Ghost Airfield of Butano State Park

Camping Packing List

Nature

Family Camping Packing List (Printable)

Travel

Ladybug Hike at Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park

frogmomblog

Autumn foliage has been crazy these past few days.

Autumn foliage has been crazy these past few days. As I was coming out of my morning swim at the Serpentine, I spotted this incredible display of brown, yellow and gold in the trees of Hyde Park. I parked my bicycle to snap a few shots before the sun rays lost their warmth, loving that morning light. Saw some fiery red colours by the Isis statue in front of the lake too, but they will be gone soon.
🍁
The best part is probably how leaves are now crunchy underfoot, adding a satisfying crispy soundtrack to the equally crisp temperatures accompanying my morning swims. The water temperature is now slightly below 10C / 49F. Bracing is how people describe it.
🍁
It all makes for a wonderful way to start the day, being physically active before getting on with stuff.
.
.
.
#fallfoliage #London #HydePark #Outdoorswimming #Coldwaterswimming #Openwaterswimming #autumn #autumncolours #leafpeeping #Travelblog #Travel #Serpentine #Swimming #health #fitness #mentalhealth #wellbeing

Morning mist in Kensington Gardens, a sign that co

Morning mist in Kensington Gardens, a sign that cooler nights are bringing in autumn and the turning of tree leaves.

I like the word ‘mist’ — weather condition consisting of a cloud resting upon the ground.

One of the top five things to do in London this autumn should be a morning amble through Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park, taking in dark silhouettes of swans gliding on the Serpentine in the sunrise, autumn colours in the trees and hopefully, morning mist rising from the ground.

#london #nature #autumn #fallinlondon #fallcolors🍁🍂 #health #mentalhealth #walk #autumnleaves #travel #travelblogger #hydepark #kensingtongardens #royalparks #mist

⛰Once upon a wildfire season, I went hiking arou

⛰Once upon a wildfire season, I went hiking around a coastal mountain range along the French Riviera and it was gorgeous.

The hitch? No crowds. Not a single soul under the blazing sun.

“How lucky I am,” I thought. “They’re all tanning at the beach and missing out big time on a beautiful hike. Oh well, their loss.”

About 12 km later, I met my first human - a forest ranger in his car on a fire road.
“Madame, do you speak French?”
“Mais oui, Monsieur.” 🇫🇷
“Madame, you need to evacuate the mountain immediately. It’s closed off for extreme fire risk.”
“Oh, really?” 👀

Well, that certainly explained the absence of crowds in such a beauty spot. Everybody else knew!

In a hurry, the ranger showed me the quickest way off the mountain on foot. Fortunately, I was very close to the last trail junction leading to the car park and literally jogged back to the car.

Moral of the story: check forest access during wildfire season even if your hiking app marks it as open. Even if you see no smoke. I was lucky that nothing happened to me, but I could have ended up in trouble all the same.

Don’t risk it.

Very grateful for that ranger who was patrolling the mountain for the odd hiker.

#nature #hiking #outdoors #health #fitness #France #PACA #mountain #frenchriviera #activelifestyle #activelife #trail #wildfires #rangers

The ubiquitous Mediterranean veitch’s blue (Echi

The ubiquitous Mediterranean veitch’s blue (Echinops ritro) dots road sides and fields with its pale blue silver globes. Extremely prickly, this wildflower is sadly not edible but lo and behold, it makes for gorgeous blue flower arrangements as the color blue stays long after the plant has dried. Good to know for survivalists and hedge witches out there, the root is anti-inflammatory and galactogogue. It is used in the treatment of breast abscesses with inflammation, mastitis, lack of milk in nursing mothers and distension of the breast. As for me, I just love its blue simplicity and it brightens my walks.
.
.
.
#nature #outdoors #wildflowers #biodiversity #occitanie #botanyphotography #botany #travel #travelphotography #travelblogger #blog #lifestyle #hedgewitch #france