Walking Festival

We had a fabulous weekend as part of the YHA (England & Wales) Festival of Walking in the Lake District. We enjoyed the outdoors together, walking in the Lake District and enjoying the beautiful surroundings of the National Park. The weather was kind to us!!! Our countryside and landscapes are for everyone – yet there […]

Volunteering

A small group of ethnically diverse people came together for a taster volunteer weekend at Rookhow, near Coniston, to experience volunteering in the landscapes. With the @friendsoflakes Lakes, at their Rusland Woods site, we undertook a hands-on conservation activity cutting Holly regeneration near the bases of trees so the Bryophytes and Lichens can spread and carried […]

Buffalo Soldiers

It was an honour to be awarded the @wcmtuk Fellowship 2019, and the opportunity this has provided me to learn about BAME (People of Colour), enggament in the Outdoors, in Canada, US and Ireland. About 15 years ago I came across an article about the Buffalo Soldiers and Yosemite. Last week as part of my fellowship, I […]