It’s nearly the start of my canal adventure! All being well, my partner and I will start in Reading tomorrow (20th August 2021) and finish in Bristol next Friday (27th August 2021). We’ll be walking along the Kennet & Avon Canal the whole way. 94.5 miles. I’ve had to repack about 4 times. I’m notContinue reading “My Kennet & Avon 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 25
And so comes the end of another ’30 Days Wild’. Crazy to think my first introduction to ‘daily acts of wildness’ was officially over a whole year ago! I’m also just about halfway through my wild challenge for 2021. For anyone who missed the very first post about my wild undertakings, I managed to decideContinue reading “356 Days Wild: Week 25”
356 Days Wild: Week 24
And so ends the last full week of this year’s ’30 Days Wild’! It’s been so nice to take part in this challenge again and, I have to say, it’s also very reassuring to know that my wild challenge won’t come to an end on July 1st! I’m gonna keep on goin’! Let’s get straightContinue reading “356 Days Wild: Week 24”
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”
Ramblings of a (very!) amateur artist 