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A Vicarage Garden and Tales at the Elm Tree (Day 52) May 19th

The May sun finally decided to do what we expect from a May sun and I spend most of the day sunning myself in Marion’s beautiful wild garden. I catch up on e mails and rescue a frog from Marion’s living room, and she rescues a bee from

Rowan, Rosemary, and Cherry…Hinton (Day 51) May 18th

I have a very lazy day; I feel quite spoiled, a holiday in the midst of the walk. Cambridge is a beautiful place to be staying, and my diary is pleasantly filled with small engagements. I meet Rowan, transition storyteller, for lunch at Ford St George, an old pub on

Low Carbon Communities Network survey

The Low Carbon Communities Network links groups across the UK who are working locally to tackle climate change and promote low carbon living. They are running a survey which would be great if you filled it in if suitable. Here’s the words: We are currently running an on-line survey

Transition councils workshop launched

In July 2008 Somerset County Council passed the UK’s first motion calling Somerset a Transition Local authority, but what does this mean? Our Transition Councils ½ day workshop is an answer to this question. Transition Network is holding its first workshop specifically aimed at Local authority officers and members in

The Streets of Cambridge are Paved with Flowers (Day 50) May 17th

The Streets of Cambridge are Paved with Flowers Literally! I am tickled by the diverse brass flowers that are embedded in to the pavements as I saunter along the ancient streets of this university town. The sun is out and people are strolling, I wander in and out of shops,

Hills Are a Powerful Waste of Sky (Day 49) May 16th

Hills Are a Powerful Waste of Sky …or so say the folk of Norfolk, coming as they do from the Fens, and my walk into Cambridge skirting the edge, accompanied by Marion Leeper, transition storyteller, and my host for the next few days, is all about the wide expanse of

A Stroll Along the Ickneild Way (Day 48) May 15th