Winter walk – Fairfield Nature Reserve
A different perspective January can be a tough month, and I found the last couple of weeks particularly hard (and with a stinking cold to cap it all off in the final days!). So it was lovely to get out on Saturday 24th with the group on this cold but sunny January morning. The stiff breeze felt like a welcome (if chilly!) way of blowing away some of the cobwebs. We began the walk along the canal – the reverse of the way we usually go – to get a new perspective. This was very much the theme for the…
New Year’s Day Sunrise Walk
A calm and mindful way to welcome 2026 This is always one of my favourite walks in the calendar: starting off by seeing the sun rise is a beautiful way to greet the year (I’m also not one for fireworks or late nights, so this definitely suits me better). Having checked in with each other first, I invited the group to take notice of all the different scales with a poem I wrote (see Poetry Corner, below), an invitation to mindfully connect with the world around us. This year dawned cold, crisp and bright as we gently wandered up from…
Fairfield Nature Reserve & Pony Wood
Dusk Walk, Saturday 3rd September 2022 A fruit-full walk, despite the rain The summer warmth was very much still with us, but the glowering skies and ripening fruits were clear indicators that autumn is inexorably on its way, and we soon had a short-lived dousing of rain. The beauty of Fairfield Nature Reserve is ever-changing and no two walks there are ever the same. This is what I love most about being out in nature, you never know what you are going to see. Fruits galore It is pretty quiet right now for birdlife, but the fruits are abundant. We…