The last few months have been pretty hectic fitting in lots of community engagement activity and training around writing up my traineeship and exhibiting my highlights at the Natural Networks and Natural Talent Showcase in ...
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Archives for 2016
Mind Walk
The days are closing in. The weather is getting colder. Shop managers are itching to get those Christmas decorations up. Invertebrates? They are not gone just yet but I have started to see a reduction in numbers as many die ...
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Lego! Oh and some productive work type things too.
I’ve been threatening to sit down and write a blog for the past month I think, it pops up in my diary as a “to do” every Monday morning – and every Monday morning I think to myself, I must get that started this ...
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Thursday the 13th – Lucky for some?
So despite having some time off to enjoy Scotland's Autumnal displays, October has been host to some pivotal events.
Thursday the 13th in fact, was host to both the HLF bid deadline and our Natural Networks ...
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Highlights – Greenery & People!
One of the best parts of the natural networks traineeship has been meeting so many open, funny and warm people in the older communities of West Lothian (even if they were a little - understandably - hesitant at first with my ...
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Opening Doors To Success
So September has been awash with training courses, events, meetings, visits, HLF bid writing and of course the odd downpour but that won't dampen a Natural Network's trainee's spirits.
Timely Training
The month began ...
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Having a WHALE of a time with TCV
Hello again!
Thanks for coming back to my blog! It was a rather exciting coastal themed August for me.
What is wonderful about working for TCV, is that every now and then, you receive an email containing an absurd ...
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Summer Summary (and a Salutation)
With the temperatures finally dropping and the getting shorter despite all my pleas, it is time for me to look back at the last few months of my traineeship. Things have been interesting as ever, and I have been traveling ...
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Lovely Green Spaces
As part of this traineeship I have travelled far and wide to many green spaces in Scotlands central belt. These places are weird and wonderful while often taken for granted. In the course of writing this blog I have ...
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A is for some August Alliteration
After a weeks holiday on the north west coast of Scotland (and with only clouds of midges in the air - yes amazingly it was sunny!) it's time for an update on August's activities. From Big Play Days to updates on SDA's, it's ...
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