30 days wild - Day 30 barefoot walk

P and I went for a walk around the lovely countryside in West Wickham whilst E was vaulting. We walked barefooted on the grass paths but it was so stony for us in the woodland bits. There were loads of birds singing and p picked up a couple of ladybirds too!

30 Days wild - Day 29 The Confetti Flower Field

Today E, P and I drove two and half hours to visit the Confetti Flower field in Pershore, Worcestershire. It is only open one week a year and so I decided it was worth the drive. The flowers were beautiful but it was very hot! We also enjoyed ice-cream and yummy cake! There was also a lack of insects which I found very odd!

30 days wild - day 23 Walk to Quy Fen

We parked in a carpark off the Clayhithe Road and walked down a bridleway with farmland on either side to Quy Fen. Quy Fen is grass land with some water bodies. It spans about 73 acres and is the remains of a much large area of common land between the villages of Horningsea, Quy and Fen Ditton. As was the custom since Saxon times where less arable land lay outside villages, it was shared by the villages and used for for cattle grazing, hay cutting, wood cutting and fen digging.lies to the east of the village and is open to public access, via footpaths and a track from the layby, just to the north of the village. The fen has a number of water filled pits which were excavated in the 19th century for coprolite, (dinosaur dung) and today act as host to a variety of wild life. There was lots of bird song, damsel flies and other insects!

30 days wild - day 22 Chalk pits

Today I went for a walk around the chalk pits. There are three distinct areas, two on the east side and one on the west side of Lime Kiln Road which I discovered for the first time this week. I loved hearing all the birds singing as they went to bed and there were a lot of moths and a couple of bats flying round as the sun set.

 

30 days Wild - day 19 Poppy field

On the way to riding there is a field which, at the moment, is covered with poppies. It looks stunning!

30 days wild - day 18 Ice-cream outside

We admired the flowers outside Kings as we ate our ice-cream outside.

30 days wild - Day 15 Fen Drayton Nature Reserve

Today whilst everyone else was out, I took myself out to the RSPB reserve at Fen Drayton. This former gravel quarry has been amazingly transformed by the RSPB into a thriving nature reserve with miles of beautiful walking trails. You can travel to Fen Drayton either by car, bike, on foot, or on the local guided busway because the reserve has its own stop. I drove and it was slightly tricky to find and slight;y scary as you have to drive over the guided busway and then keep going until you get to the car park.
The reserve itself it massive and I explored only a part of it! There were lots of birds - I saw lots of common turns, as well as other birds. I also found an area of lake dipping and bug hunting.

30 days wild - Day 14 Walk by the River

Whilst E was playing hockey, P and I walked into town where she had an ice-cream. We then walked back along the river where we saw ducks and moorhens.

30 days wild - Day 8 local area walk

Today after E had been to a vaulting competition in the day there wasn't much time left so we went for a quick walk round the local area. It was lovely just listening to the bird song and watching the sunset. We even saw a few bats!

30 days wild - Day 7 Coton Walk

Whilst E was playing hockey, P and I went for a walk round the Coton Countryside Reserve. We loved all the wild flowers growing and the view over Cambridge from the top of the hill.