Wilder Woods

Our annual review (2009) is ready. Unfortunately it is 8 pages long and we haven’t managed to upload it but electronic copies can be obtained by emailing forestschool@beccott.com

Thirteen teenagers from around Somerset enjoyed a night sleeping out in hammocks this last weekend, thanks to a grant from Somerset County Council. They did a night walk and learnt survival techniques from Duncan Macleod- Rhodes from Wild Connections. Look out for photos in the gallery and also some gripping accounts from the young people themselves.. [...]

We are terribly saddened by the news of Midge Hopkinson’s death last Friday 25th September after a brave battle against cancer. Midge did a massive amount for the Girl Guides and was thrilled that we were doing forest school on her doorstep. She was also supportive of our group on a practical level; our kettle and many [...]

We had a successful Open Day at Hallr Wood on Saturday 19th September, kindly supported by an SCC Aggregates Levy grant. It was advertised in the Charlton’s Community News and all parish councillors and also our new local councillor Jimmy Zouche were invited. We were particulary pleased to see Tony Cooper who administers the Aggregates [...]