Abbey grounds
Monday 29th November 2021 Today we start work on the next assignment - gathering UKhab ukhab – UK Habitat Classification data in the...
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Nov 22, 20211 min read
Beautiful day
Monday 22nd November 2021 Today was so lovely that I walked over to university - what a wonderful place to study - I don't think there is...
Nov 9, 20211 min read
DNA
Tuesday 9th November 2021 Today we were in the lab extracting DNA from fish! We were all very excited - probably one of the most popular...
Nov 4, 20211 min read
Cotswold Water Park
Thursday 4th November 2021 We have an assignment which is to manage the year 1s to do a conservation task for a day. Max and I had chosen...
Nov 3, 20211 min read
Charm
Wednesday 3rd November 2021 Believe it or not this is a charm of goldfinches that I saw on a walk today. (very difficult to photograph...
Nov 2, 20211 min read
2nd interview
Tuesday 2nd November 2021 Today I had my second interview for the role at the Cotswolds AONB. I had done a lot of research for the first...
Nov 1, 20212 min read
Woodchester Park
Monday 1st November 2021 We took the minibus over to Woodchester Park near Nailsworth today. The grounds belong to the National Trust and...
Oct 28, 20211 min read
Genes
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...
Oct 26, 20211 min read
Kew
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...
Oct 25, 20211 min read
Assignment submitted!
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...
Oct 24, 20211 min read
Small Blue
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...
Oct 18, 20211 min read
Wildcat
Monday 18th October 2021 Finally started to put words to my assignment. Its actually really interesting. A question of taxonomy - what is...
Oct 13, 20211 min read
The plate arrived!
Tuesday 12th October 2021 After a few weeks at last the plate has turned up and I am so happy! Yarm council looked in their cupboards and...
Oct 11, 20211 min read
Miserden Estate
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...
Sep 29, 20211 min read
Wonderful day for a swim!
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...
Sep 28, 20211 min read
Work Placement
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...
Sep 23, 20212 min read
Wetlands
Thursday 23rd September 2021 Ham Wall RSPB reserve Ham Wall Nature Reserve, Somerset - The RSPB (with Glastonbury Tor in the...
Sep 23, 20211 min read
Roadtrip!
Wednesday 22nd September 2021 A two day field trip - we missed out on it last year because of Covid so we are joining the Year 1's for...
Sep 16, 20211 min read
RAU
Thursday 16th September 2021 I walked over to the RAU today - mostly through Cirencester Park - lovely walk - I followed a 'volery' of...
Jul 1, 20212 min read
What a year!
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...
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