This was a day when I was dozing until about 1:45 PM after a busy morning, and then the Knowle Teashops and Taverns walk was suggested, and we got ready. I was told something I forgot before putting my fleece and fur hat on, Soot the cat took over the warm spot left in my … Continue reading A squelchy ramble in Warwickshire…

On the drive to the wildlife reserve where we’d been volunteering, I saw a car which was having a sofa strapped to the top of it, and we parked on a hill in between some houses and a field; and once out of the car, we went up a path, met a thin man in … Continue reading A bit of volunteering in the woods…

My hair had looked revolting when I got up this morning so I got a grip and gave it a scrub, and it was really grey outside; the chickens had black cabbage up in the hen house and I sat with Soot the 19 year old cat (who was snoring back on my bed) before … Continue reading An arty autumny day…

A sign for Cadbury World wasn’t far from where we left the motorway just before 9.30am, and somewhere called Catshill was passed through on what seemed to be the Birmingham Road; the hotel and spa place where this Woodland Trust event was being held wasn’t spotted fast enough to get into, so Mum demonstrated a … Continue reading A recent walk with the Woodland Trust in a Bromsgrove wood

On day 11 of this trip, I managed to wash my hair using a sachet of shampoo already in the bathroom and just about got it all out of the sachet while having very wet hands; I got down to breakfast at 8:15am, J (who I was in a room with) had gone down about … Continue reading Another day in Mongolia – 2nd October 2018

On 3rd September, it was 8.05am when we headed down to breakfast (and I had rather wet hair), and once we’d eaten our choice (and knicked a bit as supplies for the day), we grabbed our luggage – we left at 9.18am, in a lot of sun, and found the Kristiansand train station. Once there, … Continue reading The 5th day in Norway…

It was 7:30 AM in the city of Bodo – Norway - when I woke up on 11th September (so coming up for 2 weeks ago now) – and down in the hotel breakfast room, there the variety of food was similar to previous places (meaning massive), and I started with some fruit; and saw … Continue reading A day in Bodo – and a rough ride on a Norweigan boat…

It was 7am, 15°C and raining when I turned the hair dryer off this morning, Soot had got us up at 5:30 AM, the hens were all up and clucking, and I gave them each three blackberries (making them very excited - as they love blackberries), and some plums were being harvested. After breakfast, I … Continue reading A day trip to Oxfordshire for a pottery exhibition – with diversions…

Names have been changed here - for privacy purposes When the group I was travelling with left Marrakech - on day 5 of this trip, we went through 'Oued Touama', and our guide, talked about healthcare in Morocco over the microphone in the bus, and mentioned that doctors now have to work in hospitals in … Continue reading A look round a Morroccan supermarket…

When we arrived at Garden Organic in temperatures of 28*C , there was a 227 gram plastic jar of salted mini crackers, as well as large sterile first aid dressings and leaflets about eye tests by the volunteer sign in sheet; and outside again, by the polytunnels, there were ginormous maize plants that looked like … Continue reading My notes from this weeks volunteering at Garden Organic…