Chloe Banks meets the lovely folk behind Bristol website www.theloveofit.co.uk , who aim to get people being creative and having fun!
Do you remember those days when you didn’t worry about the mortgage on your tiny two-bed, but built castles made of sand? There was no career ladder to climb then, only trees; the size of your conker was more important than the size of your car engine and you drew doodles not pension plans.

An enlightened group of people based in Bristol are trying to bring back a little of that cheap and cheerful fun that filled our youth and they would love you to get involved. I met up with Jo Tinsley and Steph Wetherell, co-founders of the website The Love Of It to find out a little more.

So how did it all start? “I was visiting my brother in Japan,” says Jo. “I ended up alone at one point and got thinking about all the things I like to do. So I wrote a list.” The list varied from road trips to playing Scrabble, picnics to star gazing, but they had certain things in common; “I began to think that what underpins many of these [activities] is the idea that doing something creative, just for fun, makes you happier. It dawned on me that there wasn’t one place that brought these things together.” And so she set about making one.

What started as an idea for a magazine, became a website where people could go to get ideas for creative things to do, find events to go to and generally get involved in “good wholesome fun”.

Despite only launching in January, there are already “chapters” in Wales and the North of England and they have been contacted by people from over 70 countries. It seems they have tapped into the deep longing that surely lies in everyone: to enjoy simple pleasures with good friends...

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