Last Updated on 21 January 2025 by Colette
Check out details of the 2025 Stick Man Trail at Delamere Forest here
Just in time for February half term, Forestry England and Magic Light Pictures have collaborated to launch a new, and exciting family activity trail based on the story of Zog. The new Zog trail will be available in twenty six forests across England, including Delamere Forest, Cheshire.
Who is Zog?
Zog, created by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, is a loveable, if somewhat clumsy dragon at Madam Dragon’s school who is always striving to win a golden star. Zog learns lots of essential dragon skills including flying, roaring, and capturing princesses! Forestry England invite children to Delamere Forest to learn essential lessons just like Zog!
Join Zog on a magical forest adventure
This new Zog-themed adventure at Delamere Forest is made up of a mile-long, accessible family trail and a free interactive app, which aims to encourage your little dragons to learn about how they can care for the forest and how the forests can care for them!
Connecting with nature is essential for children’s wellbeing and the new interactive family trail and app invites children to play in the nation’s forests. Whilst playing, children will find out more about forests and have the chance to interact with Zog and some of his fellow dragon students!
Grab an activity pack
Pick up your Zog trail activity pack from the Delamere Forest Visitor Welcome Building – these are priced at £4 (payable by card only) before starting the trail for lots of fun things to do on your forest adventure. Children can channel their inner Zog by donning a pair of wings and completing fun challenges to collect golden stars. They can also pop on the magic glasses to look for hidden letters along the way to solve a word puzzle. When reaching the end of the trail, they complete a crayon rubbing to get their certificate and take a selfie with Zog!
What does the Zog Trail activity pack include?
- Kraft bag to colour in
- Dragon wings to decorate and wear
- Zog glasses
- Stickers
- Trail leaflet
- Pencil and crayon
Don’t forget to download the app!
To help you to make the most of the trail and to take your dragon training to the next level, there is a brand new augmented reality app, ‘Zog: A Forest Adventure’, that is free to download. The app has lots of bonus activities to complete including a roar-ometer, a dance challenge and the chance to become Zog.
I recommended that you download the app before arriving at Delamere Forest just in case you’ve got poor reception or don’t want to use up your data allowance!
Where else can you do the Zog Trail?
Zog Trails will be taking place at twenty-six Forestry England sites across the country so you’re sure to be able to find a Zog Trail near you – you can find the full list here.
Further details of trails, app and free downloadable activity sheets are available from www.forestryengland.uk/zog
Previous trails at Delamere Forest have included: Gruffalo Spotters Trail, Gruffalo Orienteering and the original Gruffalo Trail amongst others. The Gruffalo sculpture has been removed from Delamere Forest for now, however some of his friends are still hiding in Delamere Forest for you to find!
If you’re looking for somewhere to stay near Delamere Forest, check out the Delamere Forest Camping and Caravanning Site.
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