It feels like a while since I posted! Weeks 32 and 33 of my wildlife challenge were pretty much all about my Kennet & Avon Canal adventure. As part of my Parkinson’s UK fundraiser in memory of grandad, my partner and I walked from Reading to Bristol along the canal. It was challenging. It wasContinue reading “356 Days Wild: Week 32 & 33 (including my Canal Adventure!)”
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356 Days Wild: Week 31
Week 31 was a bit of a mixed bag. It was inevitable, really, that this would be a tricky time. All those hours, all that prep, all the build-up to a big event and then it’s gone in a flash. The summer school disappeared before my eyes and I wondered what on earth I wasContinue reading “356 Days Wild: Week 31”
356 Days Wild: Week 30
Week 30 was the first full week of my 200-mile fundraising challenge for Parkinson’s UK. To stay on track, I needed to walk at least 6.5 miles a day while running a big online work event all week. It was a big ask but I got there! Alongside the walks there were lots of wildContinue reading “356 Days Wild: Week 30”
356 Days Wild: Week 29
Week 29 was dominated by lots of practice walks for my August fundraising challenge in memory of my grandad. Walking always brings wildlife highlights and, this week, my ‘acts of wildness’ included:🌺 Admiring the beautiful hollyhocks dotted across town🌧 Walking in the rain🐓 Finishing some Yorkshire Dales chickens🐌 Rescuing a little snail I hope youContinue reading “356 Days Wild: Week 29”
356 Days Wild: Week 28
Week 28 felt very busy and there were some lovely, wild highlights. Everything really does look and feel so much better in the sunshine! Let me give you a lil flavour of what I got up to – this week, I:🦆 Explored a local nature reserve at sunset✒️ Plotted out some local walks to prepContinue reading “356 Days Wild: Week 28”
356 Days Wild: Week 27
The end of this week couldn’t have been more different from the start. I got a good soaking on Monday but, by Sunday, was craving the shade. No wonder us Brits talk about the weather so much! Anyway, Week 27 of my wild adventure brought me:🌧 A wet walk by the River Thames🌺 A newContinue reading “356 Days Wild: Week 27”
356 Days Wild: Week 26
Week 26 has been and gone! And it included another urban (well, semi-urban) adventure! Highlights:🌿 More gardening delights🥳 Birthday walks🐸 Frog-spotting🤓 Getting geeky in a museum Short and sweet (not usually like me!) Enjoy and catch you next week! 😊 Monday 5th July 2021 I bought some plants from a peat-free nursery aggggessss ago. TheseContinue reading “356 Days Wild: Week 26”
356 Days Wild: Week 23
I’m a little late with this round-up but last week was just as wild as ever! The sunshine was lovely while it lasted and, despite the rain, I enjoyed a mini-urban-wild-adventure in the ‘Big Smoke’ towards the end of the week. A few highlights from Week 23:🐦 Reading up on rare UK birds🌸 Enjoying someContinue reading “356 Days Wild: Week 23”
356 Days Wild: Week 21
A bit of a tricky one this week, as all I’ve wanted to do is go outside for long walks in the sunshine which just isn’t possible at the moment! That said, it was the start of ’30 Days Wild’ this week and I have quite a few wild highlights, which I’m very grateful for,Continue reading “356 Days Wild: Week 21”
356 Days Wild: Week 20
Week 20 woooooooooooooooop!!!! A whole 140 days of wildness already!!! That’s all I can congratulate myself on this week. Without sounding too sorry for myself, I made a bit of a silly mistake that has tested me. After walking for miles and miles during weeks 18 and 19, I found myself restricted to the houseContinue reading “356 Days Wild: Week 20”
Ramblings of a (very!) amateur artist 