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This Friday 13th at basecamp we will be learning all about SPIDERS. From the basics to.. how do spiders reach between two trees spin their web? Do they have good eye sight? What do spiders do with their old webs? We'll be winding wool to make spider webs in the garden and making our own spiders in the meadow. We are lucky to have some beautiful large spider webs and spiders in the reserve at the moment, so we'll then head off to spot them on our walk. Muddy Boots is hands-on, engaging, fun and all outside in the fresh air of our lovely Nature Reserve.As always there's digging, watering, exploring and mud painting to keep you busy in the garden. Then we'll have a walk in the woods (distance to suit your child) and head back to the Basecamp for snacks and drinks, songs, stories or poems. Dress for the weather, its not very muddy yet, so wellies or other shoes that don't matter if they get a bit grubby. Meet up at the big green iron Reserve gates on Devonshire Road (opposite Tyson road) at 10am. There is on-street parking on Devonshire Road and Tyson Road. Prices: It's ?7 per child, ?10 for 2 siblings, child-minded children discount available. Recommended for children 14m upwards, but younger can try too. Siblings under 14m go free

MUDDY BOOTS Children's Outdoor Nature Group at Devonshire Road Nature Reserve - returns Friday 15th September. Session time is 10-11.30am. Sweetcorn is ripe in the fields, so this Friday we will be making these corn dolls/corn super heros to take home. Sessions will run every Monday and Friday 10-11.30am.No need to book a place, its currently drop in. Muddy Boots is hands on, engaging, fun and all outside in the fresh air of our lovely Nature Reserve.As always there's digging, watering, exploring and mud painting to keep you busy in the garden. Then we'll have a walk in the woods (distance to suit your child) and head back to the Basecamp for snacks and drinks, songs, stories or poems. Dress for the weather, its not very muddy yet, so wellies or other shoes that don't matter if they get a bit grubby. Sessions run every Monday and Friday 10-11.30. They are drop in, so no need to book ahead, just turn up on the day. Meet up at the big green iron Reserve gates on Devonshire Road (opposite Tyson road) at 10am. There is on-street parking on Devonshire Road and Tyson Road. Prices: It's ?7 per child, ?10 for 2 siblings, child-minded children discount available. Recommended for children 14m upwards, but younger can try too. Siblings under 14m go free

MUDDY BOOTS Children's Outdoor Nature Group every Monday and Friday 10-11.30am at Devonshire Road Nature Reserve. Drop in sessions, no need to book ahead. This Monday 3rd July its DRAGONFLIES and DAMSELFLIES. We'll be learning about these lovely insects and looking for them around our pond and we'll make a dragonfly each to take home. In the garden and Reserve meadows we'll continue spotting other insects including the butterflies and bees we've learnt about over the last few weeks. Another chance also to see the tadpoles which very nearly fully transformed into tiny toadlets. Come and see these perfectly formed but mini toads! As always at Muddy Boots there's digging, watering and mud painting on offer too. Then we'll have a walk in the woods (distance to suit your child) and head back to the Meadow Basecamp for snacks and drinks, songs, stories or poems. Muddy Boots is hands on, engaging, fun and all outside in the fresh air of our lovely Nature Reserve. Sessions run every Monday and Friday 10-11.30. They are drop in sessions, so no need to book ahead, just turn up on the day. Meet up at the big green iron Reserve gates on Devonshire Road (opposite Tyson road) at 10am. There is on-street parking on Devonshire Road and Tyson Road. Prices: It's ?7 per child, ?10 for 2 siblings, child-minded children discount available. Recommended for children 14m upwards, but younger can try too. Siblings under 14m go free

MUDDY BOOTS Children's Outdoor Nature Group every Monday and Friday 10-11.30am at Devonshire Road Nature Reserve. Drop in sessions, no need to book ahead. This Monday its BEES. We'll be looking at our hive (its been very active in all this heat) looking at and tasting some real honey from it and then making a little larch-cone bee to take home. On our walk we'll be spotting different kinds of bees on all the flowers that are out in the Reserve and garden. Another chance also to see the tadpoles which very nearly fully transformed into tiny toadlets. Come and see these perfectly formed but mini toads! As always at Muddy Boots there's digging, watering and mud painting on offer too. Then we'll have a walk in the woods (distance to suit your child) and head back to the Meadow Basecamp for snacks and drinks, songs, stories or poems. Muddy Boots is hands on, engaging, fun and all outside in the fresh air of our lovely Nature Reserve. Sessions run every Monday and Friday 10-11.30. They are drop in sessions, so no need to book ahead, just turn up on the day. Meet up at the big green iron Reserve gates on Devonshire Road (opposite Tyson road) at 10am. There is on-street parking on Devonshire Road and Tyson Road. Prices: It's ?7 per child, ?10 for 2 siblings, child-minded children discount available. Recommended for children 14m upwards, but younger can try too. Siblings under 14m go free

Its gorgeous in the Reserve this morning. Come down for a morning play before the temperature rises! Bring your suncream and a waterbottle. See you there for some caterpillar fun!

MUDDY BOOTS Children's Outdoor Nature Group every Monday and Friday 10-11.30am at Devonshire Road Nature Reserve. Drop in sessions, no need to book ahead. With all this warm weather we are seeing lots of butterflies and moths at the Reserve. This Monday we'll be learning about caterpillars and butterflies and thinking about this amazing transformation. We'll be using seeds and sticks from to make caterpillar to take home and then we'll be spotting butterflies in the garden and on the walk through the meadows. Other nature transformations - our tadpoles are also nearly fully transformed into tiny toadlets. Come and see these perfectly formed but minute toads! As always at Muddy Boots there's digging, watering and mud painting on offer too. Then we'll have a walk in the woods (distance to suit your child) and head back to the Meadow Basecamp for snacks and drinks, songs, stories or poems. Muddy Boots is hands on, engaging, fun and all outside in the fresh air of our lovely Nature Reserve. Sessions run every Monday and Friday 10-11.30. They are drop in sessions, so no need to book ahead, just turn up on the day. Meet up at the big green iron Reserve gates on Devonshire Road (opposite Tyson road) at 10am. There is on-street parking on Devonshire Road and Tyson Road. Prices: It's ?7 per child, ?10 for 2 siblings, child-minded children discount available. Recommended for children 14m upwards, but younger can try too. Siblings under 14m go free.

MUDDY BOOTS Children's Outdoor Nature Group every Monday and Friday 10-11.30am at Devonshire Road Nature Reserve. Drop in sessions, meaning no need to book ahead. With all this warm weather we are seeing lots more butterflies and moths at the Reserve. Brimstones, scarlet 5 spot burnet moths, Red Admirals..This Friday we'll be learning about caterpillars and butterflies and thinking about this amazing transformation. We'll be using seeds and sticks from to make caterpillar to take home and then we'll be spotting butterflies in the garden and on the walk through the meadows. Other nature transformations - our tadpoles are also nearly fully transformed into tiny toadlets. Come and see these perfectly formed but minute toads! As always at Muddy Boots there's digging, watering and mud painting on offer too. Then we'll have a walk in the woods (distance to suit your child) and head back to the Meadow Basecamp for snacks and drinks, songs, stories or poems. Muddy Boots is hands on, engaging, fun and all outside in the fresh air of our lovely Nature Reserve. Sessions run every Monday and Friday 10-11.30. They are drop in sessions, so no need to book ahead, just turn up on the day. Meet up at the big green iron Reserve gates on Devonshire Road (opposite Tyson road) at 10am. There is on-street parking on Devonshire Road and Tyson Road. Prices: It's ?7 per child, ?10 for 2 siblings, child-minded children discount available. Recommended for children 14m upwards, but younger can try too. Siblings under 14m go free

MUDDY BOOTS Children's Outdoor Nature Group at Devonshire Road Nature Reserve. Drop in sessions every Monday and Friday 10-11.30am. No need to book ahead. This MONDAY we're doing sawing! (yes, safe sawing with toddlers and pre-school).We'll be sawing branches to make and decorate our own wooden necklaces. There will also be hammering and whittling in the garden. As always at Muddy Boots there's digging, watering and mud painting on offer too. Then we'll have a walk in the woods (distance to suit your child) and head back to the Meadow Basecamp for snacks and drinks, songs, stories or poems. Muddy Boots is hands on, engaging, fun and all outside in the fresh air of our lovely Nature Reserve. Meet up at the big green iron Reserve gates on Devonshire Road (opposite Tyson road) at 10am. There is on-street parking on Devonshire Road and Tyson Road. Prices: It's ?7 per child, ?10 for 2 siblings, child-minded children discount available. Recommended for children 14m upwards, but younger can try too. Siblings under 14m go free.

sunshine is back tomorrow, bring your suncream!

MUDDY BOOTS Children's Outdoor Nature Group at Devonshire Road Nature Reserve. Sessions every Monday and Friday 10-11.30am. This Friday we're doing sawing! (yes, safe sawing with toddlers and under 5's). We'll be sawing branches to make and decorate our own wooden necklaces. There will also be hammering and whittling in the garden. As always at Muddy Boots there's digging, watering and mud painting on offer too. Then we'll have a walk in the woods (distance to suit your child) and head back to the Meadow Basecamp for snacks and drinks, songs, stories or poems. Muddy Boots is hands on, engaging, fun and all outside in the fresh air of our lovely Nature Reserve. Sessions run every Monday and Friday 10-11.30. They are drop in sessions, so no need to book ahead, just turn up on the day. Meet up at the big green iron Reserve gates on Devonshire Road (opposite Tyson road) at 10am. There is on-street parking on Devonshire Road and Tyson Road. Prices: It's ?7 per child, ?10 for 2 siblings, child-minded children discount available. Recommended for children 14m upwards, but younger can try too. Siblings under 14m go free.

dont forget your suncream! yippee!

MUDDY BOOTS Children's Outdoor Nature Group at Devonshire Road Nature Reserve, Forest Hill. Every Monday and Friday 10-11.30am. This is the last session of Muddy Boots sessions before the half term break next week. This Friday we will be toasting the summer sunshine by all helping to make some elderflower cordial for the group at Muddy Boots! Come and have fun picking and preparing the elderflowers, zesting lemons, mixing the ingredients and making a cordial during the session. Bring a little bottle if you'd like to take some home. ?7/child, ?10 for two siblings. Childminder discount available. Sessions are recommended for chidren 14m and over, but younger can try. Siblings under 14m are free.

MUDDY BOOTS Children's Outdoor Nature Group at Devonshire Road Nature Reserve, Forest Hill. Monday and Friday 10-11.30am. This is the last week of Muddy Boots sessions before the half term break next week. This Monday and Friday we will be toasting the summer sunshine (the warmth is coming this week!) by all helping to make some elderflower cordial for the group at Muddy Boots! Come and have fun picking and preparing the elderflowers, zesting lemons, mixing the ingredients and making a cordial during the session. Bring a little bottle if youd like to take some home. ?7/child, ?10 for two siblings. Childminder discount available. Sessions are recommended for chidren 14m and over, but younger can try. Siblings under 14m are free.

MUDDY BOOTS Children's Outdoor Nature Group at Devonshire Road Nature Reserve, Forest Hill. Monday and Friday 10-11.30am. This is the last week of Muddy Boots sessions before the half term break next week. This Monday and Friday we will be toasting the summer sunshine (the warmth is coming this week!) by all helping to make some elderflower cordial for the group at Muddy Boots! Come and have fun picking and preparing the elderflowers, zesting lemons, mixing the ingredients and making a cordial during the session. Bring a little bottle if youd like to take some home. ?7/child, ?10 for two siblings. Childminder discount available. Sessions are recommended for chidren 14m and over, but younger can try. Siblings under 14m are free.

MUDDY BOOTS Children's Outdoor Nature Group at Devonshire Road Nature Reserve, Forest Hill. Mondays and Fridays 10-11.30 during term time. Baa baa black sheep.. We're learning all about sheep tomorrow at Muddy Boots. Now then.. sheep are outside in all weather, so no excuses Muddy Booters! Get your raincoats on and come and have some fun making a home made badge out of the Cumbrian sheep wool recently collected from the fells. We'll be learning about sheep and their wool. We'll be feeling, and smelling it, thinking about how its waterproof and what wool is used for. Why is some of the wool pink? And green?! Then we'll be separating it and winding it to make a genuine sheep's wool sheep badge to take home. Dont miss the opportunity to make a very sweet little home made badge! There's also digging, watering and mud painting on offer in the garden. We have a walk in the woods (distance to suit your child) and then we head back to the Meadow Basecamp for snacks and drinks, songs, stories or poems. Muddy Boots is hands on, engaging, fun, and all outside in the fresh air of the lovely nature reserve. Sessions run every Monday and Friday 10-11.30. They are currently drop in sessions, so no need to book ahead, just turn up on the day. Meet up at the big green iron Reserve gates on Devonshire Road (opposite Tyson road) at 10am. There is on-street parking on Devonshire Road and Tyson Road. Prices: It's ?7 per child, ?10 for 2 siblings, child-minded children discount available, siblings under 14m go free.

Muddy Boots Children's Outdoor Nature Group at Devonshire Road Nature Reserve, Forest Hill. Two more Monday Muddy Boots until half term! Come and have go at pond dipping. Lets see how our tadpoles are growing. We'll be dipping with a net and looking at our catches and working out what the creatures are. Bring your coat incase of rain, dont stop having fun just because its a greyer day, the kids don't care! Come and join us for time at basecamp learning about different aspects of nature, there'll be a hands on nature activity (this may be nature investigations, simple tool work, or a seasonal nature craft). There's also digging, watering and mud painting on offer in the garden. We have a walk in the woods (distance to suit your child) and then we head back to the Meadow Basecamp for snacks and drinks, songs, stories or poems. It's hands on, engaging, relaxing, fun, and all outside in the fresh air of the lovely nature reserve. Sessions run every Monday and Friday 10-11.30. They are currently drop in sessions, so no need to book ahead, just turn up on the day. Meet up at the big green iron Reserve gates on Devonshire Road (opposite Tyson road) at 10am. There is on-street parking on Devonshire Road and Tyson Road. Prices: It's ?7 per child, ?10 for 2 siblings, child-minded children discount available. Recommended for 14m upwards, younger siblings go free.

MUDDY BOOTS Children's Outdoor Nature Group at Devonshire Road Nature Reserve, Forest Hill. Every Monday and Friday 10-11.30am during term time. We're making potions at Muddy Boots tomorrow! Come and make a magical potion from the fragrant plants in our garden to turn your parents into... a newt perhaps? Or a damsel fly? We'll be discovering the different smells of plants and flowers and thinking about why they smell? MUDDY BOOTS Children's Outdoor Nature sessions at Devonshire Road Nature Reserve in Forest Hill run every Monday and Friday 10-11.30. The session is hands on, engaging, grubby fun, and all outside in the fresh air of our lovely nature reserve. As well as making potions, there's digging, watering and mud painting on offer in the garden; we'll have a walk in the woods (distance to suit your child) and then head back to the meadow basecamp for snacks and drinks, songs, stories and poems. Sessions run every Monday and Friday 10-11.30. They are drop in sessions, so no need to book ahead, just turn up on the day. Meet up at the big green iron Reserve gates on Devonshire Road (opposite Tyson road) at 10am. There is on-street parking on Devonshire Road and Tyson Road. Recommended for children 14m upwards, but you can try younger if you like! It's ?7 per child, ?10 for 2 siblings, child-minded children discount available., Siblings under 14m go free.

MUDDY BOOTS Children's Outdoor Nature Group sessions are held at the Devonshire Road Nature Reserve in Forest Hill. The sessions run all year round, so that way children can get outside and and have fun in all the different seasons and weather! Come and join us for time at basecamp learning about different aspects of nature, there'll be a hands on nature activity (this may be nature investigations, simple tool work, or a seasonal nature craft). There's also digging, watering and mud painting on offer in the garden. We have a walk in the woods (distance to suit your child) and then we head back to the Meadow Basecamp for snacks and drinks, songs, stories or poems. It's hands on, engaging, relaxing, fun, and all outside in the fresh air of the lovely nature reserve. Sessions run every Monday and Friday 10-11.30. They are currently drop in sessions, so no need to book ahead, just turn up on the day. Meet up at the big green iron Reserve gates on Devonshire Road (opposite Tyson road) at 10am. There is on-street parking on Devonshire Road and Tyson Road. We will break for Easter holidays but will confirm these dates closer to the time. Prices: It's ?7 per child, ?10 for 2 siblings, child-minded children discount available

Muddy Boots Children's Outdoor Nature Groups is running as usual this Bank Holiday Monday. 10-11.30am. Sunny forecast, blossom is out, yippee! Older siblings welcome at this session. To help with organising, can you let me know numbers and ages of children (in the thread below) if you decide you will def come tomorrow. Thanks! MUDDY BOOTS Children's Outdoor Nature Group sessions are held at the Devonshire Road Nature Reserve in Forest Hill. The sessions run all year round, so that way children can get outside and and have fun in all the different seasons and weather! Suitable for children from 14m (approx) upwards, younger can come if they want! Come and join us for time at basecamp learning about different aspects of nature, there'll be a hands on nature activity (this may be nature investigations, simple tool work, or a seasonal nature craft). There's also digging, watering and mud painting on offer in the garden. We have a walk in the woods (distance to suit your child) and then we head back to the Meadow Basecamp for snacks and drinks, songs, stories or poems. It's hands on, engaging, relaxing, fun, and all outside in the fresh air of the lovely nature reserve. Prices: It's ?7 per child, ?10 for 2 siblings, child-minded children discount available, Children under 14m are free.

NEW ADDITIONAL (flexi 2 hour) SESSION OFFERED FRIDAY AFTERNOON 1.30-3.30pm MUDDY BOOTS Children's Outdoor Nature sessions at Devonshire Road Nature Reserve in Forest Hill. Sessions run every Monday and Friday 10-11.30am. It's hands on, engaging, relaxing, fun, and all outside in the fresh air of the lovely nature reserve. *This Friday we will be running an extra session between 1.30-3.30. Yes, its a TWO HOUR session. You can arrive any time between 1.30 and 2. This is to enable those needing to leave at 3 (to pick up from schoo) l to come and have the walk/ free play time between 1.30-2. The basecamp learning time and following activity for everyone will start at 2pm. Do come to this one if you can, to relieve the pressure on the morning session and if you want to come to a slightly smaller session! Activities: we may be planting, or sawing and making a necklace or learning about an aspect of some of the wildlife at the Reserve. In addition, there's digging, watering and mud painting on offer in the garden; we'll have a walk in the woods (distance to suit your child) and then head back to the meadow basecamp for snacks and drinks, songs, stories and poems. All morning sessions are drop in. HOWEVER, i do need to book children ahead for the afternoon session to ensure it goes ahead, so please let me know below if you will come to the 1.30-3.30 session Meet up at the big green iron Reserve gates on Devonshire Road (opposite Tyson road) at 10am. There is on-street parking on Devonshire Road and Tyson Road. It's ?7 per child, ?10 for 2 siblings, child-minded children discount available

MUDDY BOOTS Children's Outdoor Nature sessions at Devonshire Road Nature Reserve in Forest Hill starts back for the Summer term this week Monday 24th April. It's hands on, engaging, relaxing, fun, and all outside in the fresh air of the lovely nature reserve. It's bird nesting time at the moment, so we'll be learning about birds, looking at real nests and building our own nests for a variety of birds. There'll also be a worm game in the meadow. There's digging, watering and mud painting on offer in the garden; we'll have a walk in the woods (distance to suit your child) and then head back to the meadow basecamp for snacks and drinks, songs, stories and poems. Sessions run every Monday and Friday 10-11.30. They are currently drop in sessions, so no need to book ahead, just turn up on the day. Meet up at the big green iron Reserve gates on Devonshire Road (opposite Tyson road) at 10am. There is on-street parking on Devonshire Road and Tyson Road. It's ?7 per child, ?10 for 2 siblings, child-minded children discount available

We'll be cooking bread over a fire this Friday at Muddy Boots. Come and help your child cook a toasted bread snack, dipped in honey if you like! We'll then have a stomp through the woods to look for sticks for the fire and we'll end up at basecamp in the meadow for drinks, snacks poems and songs in the sunshine. Muddy Boots is hands-on, engaging, relaxed, fun, and all outside in the fresh air of the lovely nature reserve. Sessions run every Monday and Friday 10-11.30. Sessions are drop in so no need to book ahead, just turn up on the day. Meet up at the big green iron Reserve gates on Devonshire Road (opposite Tyson road) at 10am. There is on-street parking on Devonshire Road and Tyson Road. It's ?7 per child, ?10 for 2 siblings, child-minded children discount available

*Last Monday session before the Easter hols* MUDDY BOOTS Children's Outdoor Nature Group at the Devonshire Road Nature Reserve. Every Monday and Friday 10-11.30 during term time. We'll be cooking bread over a fire this weeks at Muddy Boots. Come and enjoy the a fire to warm up the morning and help your child cook a toasted bread snack, dipped in honey if you like! We'll then have a stomp through the woods to look for sticks for the fire and we'll end up at basecamp in the meadow for drinks, snacks poems and songs Muddy Boots is hands-on, engaging, relaxed, fun, and all outside in the fresh air of the lovely nature reserve. Sessions run every Monday and Friday 10-11.30. Sessions are drop in so no need to book ahead, just turn up on the day. Meet up at the big green iron Reserve gates on Devonshire Road (opposite Tyson road) at 10am. There is on-street parking on Devonshire Road and Tyson Road. It's ?7 per child, ?10 for 2 siblings, child-minded children discount available.

MUDDY BOOTS Children's outdoor Nature Group at Devonshire Road Nature Reserve. Every Monday and Friday 10-11.30am during term time. (recommended for pre-schoolers 14m upwards) We'll be digging for worms tomorrow to see how many we can find..the smallest we can find.. and the largest. We'll be learning about why they are pretty incredible creatures. Does a worm really grow into two worms when cut in half? We'll also be making a wormery. If you'd like to take yours home, then bring an empty plastic bottle with you. There's also digging, watering and mud painting on offer in the garden. We have a walk in the woods (distance to suit your child) and then we head back to the Meadow Basecamp for snacks and drinks, songs, stories or poems. It's hands on, engaging, relaxing, fun, and all outside in the fresh air of the lovely nature reserve. Sessions run every Monday and Friday 10-11.30. They are currently drop in sessions, so no need to book ahead, just turn up on the day. Meet up at the big green iron Reserve gates on Devonshire Road (opposite Tyson road) at 10am. There is on-street parking on Devonshire Road and Tyson Road. We will break for Easter holidays but will confirm these dates closer to the time. Prices: It's ?7 per child, ?10 for 2 siblings, child-minded children discount available. Siblings under 14m go free.

MUDDY BOOTS Children's Outdoor Nature Group sessions are held at the Devonshire Road Nature Reserve in Forest Hill. Come and join us for time at basecamp learning about different aspects of nature, there'll be a hands on nature activity (this may be nature investigations, simple tool work, or a seasonal nature craft). There's also digging, watering and mud painting on offer in the garden. We have a walk in the woods (distance to suit your child) and then we head back to the Meadow Basecamp for snacks and drinks, songs, stories or poems. It's hands on, engaging, relaxing, fun, and all outside in the fresh air of the lovely nature reserve. Sessions run every Monday and Friday 10-11.30. They are currently drop in sessions, so no need to book ahead, just turn up on the day. Meet up at the big green iron Reserve gates on Devonshire Road (opposite Tyson road) at 10am. There is on-street parking on Devonshire Road and Tyson Road. We will break for Easter holidays but will confirm these dates closer to the time. Prices: It's ?7 per child, ?10 for 2 siblings, child-minded children discount available