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Bug-ingham palace and other puns

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at naturefest As a massive yellow orb came out from behind the clouds and mysteriously heated everything up this month, my traineeship also heated up (metaphorically speaking, (could you imagine the traineeship actually ...
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All work and no play – not a chance

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Holidaying around Hawick So to avoid being in Tim's bad books I took a weeks holiday in May and as luck would have it one of the best weather wise. Even on holiday though, a Natural Network Trainee is always on the look ...
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Exchanging Green Ideas

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One of my first tasks as a trainee was to organise a FEVA event - that's a Forum for Environmental Volunteering Activities - half a day full of local speakers and workshops to share ideas around promoting green health in ...
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Blog 1

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Hi, My name is Matt, and I’m a TCV Natural Networks trainee based in Kent down in the South East of England. This is my first blog as a natural networks trainee, actually it’s my first blog ever… so I shall begin at the ...
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My weirdly spiritual encounter with a wall, and a caddis fly

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A few weeks ago, I would never have thought that I would ever be excited about walls, or proud of a wall for that matter! But this month I signed up to one of TCV’s courses in Drystone Walling, or dry stone dyking as it’s ...
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VAT’s The Way I Like It

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As well as awash with showers, April's been filled with events, training opportunities and rewilding. Initially though the month started with a community consultation led by Urban Roots on ideas for the Broomloan Road ...
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