Wilder Woods

Central Somerset Outdoor Learning Partnership

Archive for November, 2011

Hedgerow Baskets

Sunday, November 27th, 2011

Lynda Shaw and Hannah Aitken ran a wonderful hedgerow basket workshop on 20th November. Do look at the Hallr Wood gallery to see the photos. Some stages of the process were soothing, some utterly frustrating! We all managed to finish our baskets except for Cee who was supposed to be cooking anyway!They will be running […]

Top John Muir Award for two boys

Sunday, November 27th, 2011

Two of our regular volunteers have recently gained their third and top John Muir Award. This is a huge achievement requiring sustained commitment and the boys have been working towards it since March. The photo is of Mark Johnson who has been coming weekly to Hallr Wood. He is an expert on bird identification and […]

Horse Logger and Celebration of access opening at Hallr Wood

Monday, November 21st, 2011

Nearly 100 people of all ages (oldest was 97) called in to watch Charles and Rosalind Buckler at work with their two logging horses on Saturday. The sun shone and children played on the swings and in the dens. The horses Major and Suzy did a great job bringing timber from around the wood ready […]