As I write this there's just one month until the Winter Solstice and just over a week until the First Sunday in Advent which really begins the countdown to Christmas Day. Winter has finally hit us here this week with sub zero temperatures. It came as a bit of a surprise to me that if we wanted to run another wintery adventure then we needed to get a move on! There's no full blown advent calendar this year instead we're going to bring you weekly winter wonder to encourage y

This week I had the pleasure of attending a Bat Mitvah (coming of age) ceremony, which took place in a synagogue. During the service we were told that the date fell within the celebrations of Sukkot, a harvest festival in the Jewish calendar. We were invited to take part in the Kiddush meal after the service which was to take place partly in the sukkah, a tent-like structure that had been erected in the synagogue's outdoor space. The congregation were very welcoming to the

Well that crept up on me! The autumn equinox - or the start of astronomical autumn - is on Monday 22nd September. It certainly seems...

I couldn't believe how lucky I was to have arranged a meeting at Dumbreck Marsh Local Nature Reserve in Kilsyth during a heatwave. What...