Despite the weather and the competition of lots of other bank holiday activities, our event Go Wild at Sale Water Park was a huge success!
Go Wild is the first large event to be run on site since the previous ranger ...
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My Wonderwall: Dry Stone Walling, the Lancashire Way
It's a lovely sunny weekend in Baxenden (aka home of the Holland's Pie factory) and a group of TCV volunteers are hard at work in a grazing field on the slopes of the Rossendale valley, dry stone walling.
I don't know if ...
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“Go Wild at Sale Water Park”: Pre-event!
I never realised how involved you can become in planning one event! I am currently taking the lead on sorting out our August family fun day "Go Wild at Sale Water Park".
It's brilliant to be able to pick the activities and ...
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Wild About Wildflowers
Working outdoors has made me so much more aware of the changing of the seasons and of how varied our native (or at least naturalised) flora is! By far the best way for me to learn is through taking the time to identify flower ...
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Urging Urmston: Local Action for Wildlife
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It's time for my third blog post, slowly getting the hang of this! I thought I'd talk a bit about my work with the Urmston Meadows Action Group. The group was created by Red Rose Forest to get local ...
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Living on the Hedge!
Hello TCVers and fellow environmentalists!
I am into my seventh week as a Natural Networks Trainee and loving it! I have had the opportunity to get involved in lots of practical outdoor work which is what I like to do ...
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Living and Learning Environmental Conservation in Manchester
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My name is Emily Corner and I'm the Natural Networks Trainee at Sale Water Park in Manchester.
I'm originally from Manchester, but have only been back in the area a year, after living in ...
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