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Monday 1st November 2021 We took the minibus over to Woodchester Park near Nailsworth today. The grounds belong to the National Trust and...

Thursday 28th October 2021 Doing my online work ready for lectures next week. We are in the lab extracting DNA on Tuesday - then the week...

Tuesday 26th October 2021 What a great course I am on - a day trip to Kew counts as learning! 14 of us took the coach to Kew and then...

Monday 25th October 2021 A few pictures of progress. We bought the hare in Hay on Wye while we were on holiday there - I think it looks...

Sunday 24th October 2021 I spent Saturday morning with the Holt Copse Conservation Volunteers - great to get back together with them -...

Friday 22nd October 2021 Today we took the minibus on a drive around the Cotswolds as part of our assignment. We have to put together a...

Monday 18th October 2021 Finally started to put words to my assignment. Its actually really interesting. A question of taxonomy - what is...

Friday 8th October 2021 One of our assignments this year is to manage a group of year 1 students in doing a conservation task. So today...

Wednesday 29th September 2021 Back for a swim at 8am today - how beautiful is that? I was not alone - 8am is obviously a popular time. It...

Tuesday 28th September 2021 The first assignment I need to hand in is about my work placement. A diary and a reflective essay. So I am...

Saturday 25th September 2021 Today was the volunteer fair at the town hall and the Holt Copse Conservation Volunteers had a stand. I...

Thursday 23rd September 2021 Ham Wall RSPB reserve Ham Wall Nature Reserve, Somerset - The RSPB (with Glastonbury Tor in the...

Thursday 16th September 2021 I watched the latest Wildlife Trust online talk - they are always very informative and relevant. This months...

Friday 16th July 2021 Dorothy has a tutorial today at West Dean West Dean College of Arts and Conservation where she is taking a course....

Friday 9th July 2021 Today we went over to Voltaire's Wood to deliver some paperwork for a course running on Saturday. Voltaire's Wood...

Thursday 8th July 2021 Today Ed and I did some setting up for courses, and also moving some of the Cotswold Way sign posts to the right...

Tuesday 6th July 2021 In 2019 DEFRA published the Landscape Review (the Glover report) DEFRA - Landscapes Review - Final Report 2019...

Monday 5th July 2021 Today was supposed to be my first day seed harvesting for the Glorious Cotswolds Grasslands project Glorious...

Thursday July 1st 2021 A year ago I left full time employment knowing that I didn't want to continue what I was doing but not sure what...

Monday 28th June 2021 The Cotswolds is beautiful (view from Leckhampton Hill pictured) and the Cotswolds AONB | The Cotswolds | Cotswold...