Green Health Week - a summary
And what a week it was; our best Green Health Week ever. So what did we do? We walked and we wandered. We sat still and we sat silently....
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sarahburgess5
- May 11
- 2 min
The 5 ways to wellbeing in nature
Green Health Week is upon us, running from 13th to 21st May. The astute amongst you will note that this coincides rather neatly with...
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sarahburgess5
- Apr 21
- 4 min
Here comes the sun
What a week! I wasn't expecting all this sunshine, yet it also seems somewhat overdue. While we may have missed out on Spring equinox...
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sarahburgess5
- Apr 6
- 4 min
Indoor nature
I had a revelation last weekend. You really can help people connect to nature inside, even in a windowless room. Of course, I already...
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sarahburgess5
- Mar 23
- 3 min
Blossom season
Here's the annual obligatory blue sky and blossom picture. It's that time of year again, Spring by any metric you choose, as...
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sarahburgess5
- Mar 9
- 4 min
Making the most of walking
I was lucky enough to have a day out in Stirling for work this week and what a day it was, just look at that sky and those hills. Walking...
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sarahburgess5
- Feb 24
- 3 min
Awesome bulbs!
Riding high on the great news that we're going to be able to trial prescribing nature, I accidentally got lost in social media and saw a...
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sarahburgess5
- Feb 10
- 4 min
Walking and noticing
I've been planning to write about walking this week since the last blog, but of course now that I come to actually write about it, can I...
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sarahburgess5
- Jan 26
- 4 min
Murmurations
After this morning's walk I want to confidently declare that the mornings are indeed getting lighter. Of course this is true, but also I...
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sarahburgess5
- Jan 12
- 3 min
New year, new rituals
It's shortly after 3.30 in the afternoon as I start to write this. I've just been downstairs to put the kettle on and noticed something...
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sarahburgess5
- Dec 21, 2022
- 3 min
Festive greetings
I'd just got back to my desk after a lunchtime walk, grumpy that the weather warning for snow had only resulted in dismal slush and rain...
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sarahburgess5
- Dec 7, 2022
- 3 min
Wintery weather
Meteorological winter might have started on 1st December, and astronomical winter might not be due to start until 21st December, but as...
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sarahburgess5
- Nov 25, 2022
- 4 min
Thanksgiving
I'm writing this on Thanksgiving, the American festival that originated as a celebratory autumn harvest feast. The world has been made...
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sarahburgess5
- Nov 10, 2022
- 2 min
A nature trail
On this week's Tea with a Druid, Philip Carr-Gomm made reference to the fact that having recently passed Samhain we are now only six...
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sarahburgess5
- Oct 28, 2022
- 3 min
Endings and beginnings
As usual when we approach one of the Celtic festivals I consult my collection of books that focus on the seasons. In fact this October I...
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sarahburgess5
- Oct 13, 2022
- 3 min
Discover your wild side
Isn't this a wonderful time of year to get outdoors? The old "no such thing as bad weather" saying has never been truer than in autumn. ...
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sarahburgess5
- Sep 30, 2022
- 3 min
Walking for the world
This week (from 26th September) has been Scotland's Climate Week, and I'm going to start by quoting a very wise man, Dr William Bird,...
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sarahburgess5
- Sep 19, 2022
- 3 min
The approach of the equinox
The mornings are noticeably darker now when the alarm goes, and sure enough, looking at the sunrise times, it's getting later by two...
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sarahburgess5
- Sep 1, 2022
- 3 min
Autumn again
I'm writing this on the 1st September, shortly after our quarterly domestic "discussion" regarding the changing of the seasons. One of...
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sarahburgess5
- Aug 18, 2022
- 3 min
The rains
There's nothing like walking in the woods after the rain for activating your sense of smell. I've been sniffing more than usual when...
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