#30DaysWild Day 30 – Tattershall bats

We were going to go camping this weekend but the adverse weather forecast earlier in the week made us decide it was not the right time for Faith’s first foray into canvas living. It has, of course, mainly been a lovely day after all and the weekend looks set to...

#30DaysWild Day 29 – Lavender in the rain

Another rainy day and one I was quite happy to hide indoors from if my two year old hadn’t insisted on leaving the house. If we hadn’t have gone out I would have missed the wonderful service she was given in a clothes shop even though all the shoes she...

#30DaysWild Day 28 – Stick inspiration

#30DaysWilders looking for inspiration for their daily act of wildness need look no further than their phones. Download the 30 Days Wild app, tap the screen and read on. Today I was given “Celebrate the humble stick: Pooh stick, lightsaber, wand?  Think of 100...

Newark Book Festival 2017

The biggest ever Newark Book Festival promises to transform the Nottinghamshire town into a land of adventure and heroes during the event’s weekend of July 15th and 16th. Back for its third year, more than 100 authors, artists, entertainers, wordsmiths and...

#30DaysWild Day 27 – I’m Not Cute!

Tonight’s storytime was I’m Not Cute! by Jonathan Allen. Baby owl takes a walk through the forest and encounters other woodland animals who all think he’s cute and fluffy. Baby owl disagrees.  Vehemently.  He thinks he’s a “huge and scary...