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That harvest feeling
This weekend (Saturday 23rd September) is the autumn equinox and the start of astronomical autumn. Despite the late sun and the warm...
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Sep 21, 20234 min read
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Season of tiny conker collecting
What a glorious spell of weather we've been having lately. Whilst meteorological autumn started on 1st September, and although the...
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Sep 8, 20233 min read
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Approach of autumn
It's that time of year that seems to be both busy and quiet simultaneously. People enjoying the last few days of the school holidays,...
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Aug 18, 20233 min read
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First fruits
And so the wheel turns. This week we entered August and passed Lammas or Lughnasadh, celebrated as the time of the first harvest. ...
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Aug 4, 20234 min read
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Walking for fun
Apparently not everyone likes walking. That's obvious isn't it? It just hadn't occurred to me for a while, but suddenly it was coming...
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Jul 21, 20234 min read
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Solstice thoughts
I find summer solstice a little bittersweet, mainly based on a long standing family tradition of greeting it as "downhill to Christmas"...
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Jun 21, 20233 min read
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Some thoughts on volunteering
Volunteers' Week 2023 has just drawn to a close so I have been thinking a lot about volunteering over the last wee while. Volunteering...
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Jun 9, 20232 min read
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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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May 26, 20231 min read
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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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May 11, 20232 min read
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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...
sarahburgess5
Apr 21, 20234 min read
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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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Apr 6, 20234 min read
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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...
sarahburgess5
Mar 23, 20233 min read
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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...
sarahburgess5
Mar 9, 20234 min read
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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...
sarahburgess5
Feb 24, 20233 min read
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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...
sarahburgess5
Feb 10, 20234 min read
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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...
sarahburgess5
Jan 26, 20234 min read
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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...
sarahburgess5
Jan 12, 20233 min read
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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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Dec 21, 20223 min read
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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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Dec 7, 20223 min read
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Thanksgiving
I'm writing this on Thanksgiving, the American festival that originated as a celebratory autumn harvest feast. The world has been made...
sarahburgess5
Nov 25, 20224 min read
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