Field teaching with the RSPB all but ceases in the winter, though we are working on some winter programmes. There is still plenty of fun learning to be had during the colder months. A shift of focus and a change of clothing is all that is required. Schools seem reluctant to schedule visits, however.
I'm still working voluntarily with Bradford Adventure Activities Development Unit on a project to establish an outdoor activities club at a local youth centre. We found two old plywood canoe kits which we intend to construct and use. Last weekend we took a walk in Upper Wharfedale, round Trollers Gill. Home of the mythical Barguest.
For myself, I've been getting out on my bike and into local woodland, birdwatching and enjoying the wintery weather.
Highlights have been:
- Watching a peregrine falcon mobbing a plastic owl from the staffroom window at Leeds City College.
- Floodlit white-water kayaking at Bradford and Bingley Canoe Club.
- Seeing a stoat being scolded by a pair of wrens at Timble Ings in the Washburn Valley and
- Getting out on bikes with my brother in the snow today.
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Snowy cycling on Baildon Moor...
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