After our family bereavement on day ten, I’m sad to say that our #30DaysWild enthusiasm waned somewhat. I’ve tried to catch up but the longer it takes, the more pressure I feel I’m putting myself under. I don’t want to just abandon the whole thing though so I’m going to put the remaining 15 days …
As exciting as that would sound to my football-mad children, the unfortunate reality is that they are unlikely to ever have the opportunity to train with actual Harry Kane. Especially since he’s busy playing in the Euros at the moment. What they can do, however, is practice their football skills using his new training resources. The …
Day 15: Looking at the Peregrine Falcon On day 15 of #30DaysWild I was looking for some inspiration. Luckily, the #30DaysWild campaign has a handy little app which came up trumps by suggesting I watch a wild webcam. I found a brilliant one atop Derby Cathedral watching Peregrine Falcons, and spend a considerable amount of …
Louis is eight, and since he was four he has loved bats and everything to do with them. For his fifth birthday Louis asked for a bat detector. We had been on a local guided bat walk and he was hooked. We searched the internet for a bat detector suitable for a four year old …
Camping is something you either love or hate. I love it. I love camping in tents, in a caravan, in a motorhome – any kind of camping will do as long as I’m outdoors. So for day 13 of #30DaysWild, I’m talking about camping. Sadly, I can’t actually do any this month because I’m heavily …
Our favourite place to learn with the children is outdoors, but sometimes we just can’t venture out. I don’t like cold or wet weather very much. The boys tend to play inside on days like that because I’m a bit soft! That doesn’t mean we can’t incorporate the outdoors into our play and learning though, and some of my favourite …
Foraging is something I really want to learn more about. I have very limited knowledge of foraging and if ever there was a subject on which solid knowledge was important, this is it. One misguided decision to eat something in the wild could have dire consequences. One thing I do know how to identify though is …
It’s a very odd feeling, watching someone slip seamlessly from this world to the next. It’s a waiting game. A game you don’t want to play but can’t walk away from. When my time comes, I hope death takes me like it took my Auntie Eva today. In my sleep, pain free and when I’m …
I’ve never had very green fingers. In fact, most everything I try to grow just dies a sudden death. My husband, however, is better and so he and the boys have a few things growing in the back yard. On day 9 of #30DaysWild we are looking at how our plants are doing. We don’t …
My children are now 5 and 8 years old and spend quite a lot of time in and around nature and wild places. We have tried to teach them to appreciate their natural environment and to take care of the wildlife around them. We’ve never really focused on the more formal side of things, rather we …