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The Great Outdoors – 9 November in Newcastle Upon Tyne
Our own Liz Fisher (Assistant Director for Operations up in the Yorks & North East region) is speaking at this seminar next week. It’s been organised by the Institute for Sports, Parks &...
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Town and country culture clash
Very funny column by Terence Blacker in today’s Independent on the town vs countryside culture clash: Beware, you townies in the country. Worth a read and a comment here!
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Outdoors: opening up a space to experiment
I have been following this blog with great intrigue. I am very much an outdoor man, spending a lot of time in the mountains or on a river somewhere, both for personal enjoyment and professionally. I am...
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Free range kids through ‘quality streets’
Here’s an interesting project – Quality Streets - one of the aims of which is is to “bring back the free range kid who’s out and about not stuck indoors.” It’s being run by sustainable transport...
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Dog walkers clock over 1,800 miles per year
Here’s an interesting survey from today’s Daily Express. Dedicated dog owners walk more than 23,000 miles with their pet during its lifetime. The study of 3,000 owners showed that the average person...
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Kate Humble: ‘countryside walks should be mandatory’
Kate Humble, presenter BBC Lambing Live Interesting article in the Daily Telegraph today. Kate Humble, the BBC wildlife presenter, wants visits to the countryside to be mandatory for schoolchildren and...
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Stonehenge transformed
The long-awaited Stonehenge exhibition and visitor centre will open on 18 December. For the first time, visitors will have a proper introduction to one of the world’s most important prehistoric...
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