It has, on the whole, been a grey and blustery week so my second indulgent bit of socialising, with a school friend in Regent’s Park, was a bit drear. But I am delighted to say that the hellebores were totally refusing to be discouraged and were looking delightful. Likewise these really vibrant berries/berry-like flowers – …
Gardens
Grand Union Canal
Those of you who follow our Instagram feed with recognise this. Yes, it really is a car welded onto the back of a barge! Seen yesterday on my first-escape-from-London spring walk along the Grand Union Canal with the lovely Catherine Rose (@catherinerosebloom) – an erstwhile FreeFrom Food Awards winner and FFFA ‘judging cook’ who now …
A trip to the country!!
How exciting….. As promised, a visit to the country. Specifically to stunningly beautiful West Dorset where Sarah Stacey, our West of England stringer, has been out on one of her favourite walks. She writes: Sunday Walk from Thorncombe west Dorset to Shedrick Mill along the Synderford river. This is one of my favourite walks from …
World Wetlands Day – Tuesday 2nd February
Fed up with work meetings on Zoom – or looking or a fun break from that home schooling for you and your kids? Join the London Wildlife Trust for their Wetland celebration day on Tuesday. First up is Ian Crump, Biodiversity Field Officer for Thames Water. He will tell us all about freshwater wildlife habitats …
Festival of the Great North Wood 7-13th December
Back in the Middle Ages the Great North Wood was a natural oak woodland that started three miles south-east of central London and scaled the Norwood Ridge. At its full extent, the wood’s boundaries stretched almost as far as Croydon and as far north as Camberwell. It had occasional landownings as large clearings, well-established by …
London Wildlife Trust ponds appeal
One of the first outings that I had after the first lockdown was to Woodberry Wetlands. It was in the spring so apart from the lovely spring flowers, New River, which runs alongside the wetlands, was bursting with fluffy ducklings, squeaky moorhen chicks and an elegant swan family. Check back to the blog to see …