Today we walked – in the very heavy wind – around Haining Wood, Manuel Castle and Muiravonside Farm. Naomi went from being scared of touching any animals, to holding Goose Eggs !
Some pupils are still a wee bit wary, but the Farm Worker is very good at cajoling and encouraging at getting them to handle the animals. Paul strokes a very small chicken.
Hamish the Clydesdale is a bit of a fun horse, but he can chew hats and even pinch headphones !
Here we are tracking a fox, looking for skulls or bones. The aim of Tracking and Observation walks, is to get the learners to slow right down, be silent, look around the forrest when walking through, observe any sign eg scat, poo, tree damage, browsing evidence, footprints. We need to do some plaster casting next time.
Heavy rain the day before had softened the verges and a bin lorry got stuck – oops – luckily a monster recovery truck had arrived.
