Another fun day at Boiling Wells!

We had a huge bonfire today.

I had cleared a lot of brambles from the top of the site, so with the help of some of the young people who have visited us on the last couple of Tuesdays they got dragged down to the bottom of the site and burnt. It was quite a blaze!

Even though the fire burned fiercely, there were still some marshmallows cooked over it, although they didn't take long before they were done in that heat.

It's been a great couple of days with everyone and I'm looking forward to one more after Christmas.

A fun day at Boiling Wells in St Werburghs

We had a great day at Boiling Wells today. A group of young people with learning difficulties came for the day and we made pencils, bird feeders and pizzas, which we cooked in the wood-fired pizza oven. Steve England also came down to work with me and Anna (the youth work manager for St Werburghs City Farm). We haven't all worked on a project together since the benches in Stoke Park and it was good to catch up with him. Working with Steve and Anna is always a great laugh and there was a really good atmosphere on site.

The weather was not too cold and it wasn't raining, so it seemed like an opportunity to cook marshmallows over the fire. With Steve's help, a campfire was soon burning and the marshmallows were cooking. I'm looking forward to next week when we will hopefully have another fire (weather permitting!).

Teaching Woodcarving at the Northern Slopes in Knowle West, Bristol

I was teaching yesterday at Wildfest, an event in Knowle West run by the Wild City project, in association with Youth Moves. 

Lots of young people had the chance to carve their own pendants to take home with them and we all had a great time. It's quite a view from up there too!

Steve was about, leading some walks to show people the interesting plants and animals living even in the suburbs of the city. Keith and Linda of Specialised Nestboxes were also making their birdboxes (and generously sharing their carrot cake). It was great to catch up with everyone, although there were so many pendants to be carved that I didn't have time to chat for long.