“If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.” – Laura Ingalls Wilder
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FeaturedSouth Yorkshire’s Shining Star: Visiting Sheffield’s Winter Gardens
With university throwing assignment after assignment my way, I haven’t been able to get myself out and about into the natural world as much as I’d have liked recently. So, on Tuesday I decided to take a much-deserved trip to Sheffield with my wonderful pal Tabs to stretch our legs, put our fitbits to good… Read more
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FeaturedClearing the Cobwebs: Four Fierce Facts to Help You Fall in Love with Spiders
As summer draws to a close and the copper-speckled leaves begin to fall noiselessly to the ground, you may notice some familiar, unwanted visitors skulking about in your humble abode. That’s right folks – it’s spider season. Ugh, I shuddered just typing that. Spider season is the time of year where our eight-legged friends emerge… Read more
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FeaturedClearing the Cobwebs: Why We Should Learn To Love Magnificent Moths
To most of the world, moths are the devil incarnate. Let’s face it – unlike their bold and beautiful butterfly counterparts, moths have developed a shoddy reputation, with 74% of the UK showing an aversion to the invertebrates. They’re seen as erratic, intrusive, dusty demons of the sky, provoking fear and infuriation in households across… Read more
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FeaturedClearing The Cobwebs: A mini-series to debunk the terrifying myths surrounding inects
Does the image of an insect ignite the sensation of fear and apprehension in you? Does your blood run cold at the sight of a creepy-crawly going about their daily duties? If you answered yes then you, my friend, may suffer from entomophobia. Put simply, entomophobes have an irrational fear of bugs. They feel their… Read more
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Peaky Blinders
In honour of the sunshine finally rearing its head this bank holiday weekend, I decided to commemorate the day doing what I love most by delving into the natural world. My sister Ellie and I, along with our boyfriends Jack and Jacob, hauled ourselves into Jack’s scorching, trusty ford and headed for the Peak District… Read more
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