by admin | Jun 30, 2017 | #30DaysWild, Books, Castles
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...
by admin | Jun 29, 2017 | #30DaysWild
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...
by admin | Jun 28, 2017 | #30DaysWild
#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...
by admin | Jun 27, 2017 | Books, Days Out
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...
by admin | Jun 27, 2017 | #30DaysWild, Books
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...
by admin | Jun 26, 2017 | #30DaysWild
With a planned day out to an under 10s theme park, I wasn’t sure what form today’s #30DaysWild would take. Fortunately Luke had it covered immediately. As soon as he made it downstairs he wanted to make a bee out of a bottle. Apparently Mister Maker would...
by admin | Jun 25, 2017 | #30DaysWild
A Flower of Kent apple tree which produces cooking apples earned itself a page in science history rather than a recipe book when one of its ripe green fruits dropped to the ground in front of a young mathematician, astronomer and physicist. Since known as the...
by admin | Jun 24, 2017 | #30DaysWild
We had nothing properly planned for most of today so it was particularly lovely that a last minute decision to attend a school fete also brought about the serendipitous discovery that the school in question had a wildflower area of its own. How fabulous is that? Luke...
by admin | Jun 23, 2017 | #30DaysWild
Have you heard about Grow Wild? The UK’s biggest ever wildflower campaign it aims to bring people together “to transform local spaces with native, pollinator-friendly wild flower and plants”. The national outreach initiative of the Royal Botanic...
by admin | Jun 22, 2017 | #30DaysWild
A day out at the Lincolnshire Show afforded the chance to not only meet a range of farmyard animals, take in the fresh air across the Showground’s 200+ acres and explore the celebration of the rural side of our county but it also gave me the opportunity to meet...
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