30 Days Wild – wild ideas
31st May 2020The reason I’m a big fan of 30 days wild is because the first year I took part I found myself regularly cycling home after a day at work, realising I hadn’t done anything wild, and desperately looking at the wildlife on my journey to see what I could count as a wild thing for that day. After doing this for the best part of 30 days I got into a habit of noticing the wild things around me that I hadn’t noticed before, and this hasn’t left me since. Now when I’m out for a wander I often find…
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