Wild About Woods

Over half-term there will be free autumn activities ranging from seed gathering, Shed on Wheels to autumn art and design to get children and their families outdoors. They take place on:

• Monday 28 October 11am to 2pm Forder Valley meet at Sheeptor Road (just off Novorossiysk Road, parking available).
• Tuesday 29 October 11am to 2pm, Woodland Wood, just off Ringmore Way, West Park.
• Wednesday 30 October 11am to 4pm – the All Ways Apples event at Devonport Guildhall in Ker Street, a-peeling activities for everyone with apple pressing, arts and crafts workshops, cookery demonstrations and information on planting and caring for apple trees and orchards. £1 adult, 50p child on the door.
• Thursday 31 October from 11am to 2pm Southway Valley – meet by the entrance just off Pendeen Crescent, near the miniature railway.
• Also Thursday from 10am until 4pm – coracle building at Lopwell Barn near Lopwell Dam nature reserve. There are guided tours of the reserve at 10.30am and 12.30am and a guided walk from Tamerton Foliot to the dam and back. To book email Dean.blagdon@nhs.net or call 01752 431638 or visit www.swlakestrust.org.uk/lakes-and-facilities/the-lakes/lopwell-dam
• Friday 1 November from 11am to 2pm at Ham Woods – meet at Ham House near Tewkesbury Close
• Sunday 3 November from 11am to 2pm at Efford Marsh – meet at the open space in between Deer Park and Military Road.

Children must be accompanied by an adult. For more information visit www.plymouth.gov.uk/naturereserves or www.plymouth.gov.uk/parksnatureevents. Follow Stepping Stones on Facebook at SteppingStones Plymouth, email steppingstones@plymouth.gov.uk or call 01752 307849.

And if the woods don’t appeal, check out the beaches and estuaries and discover the amazing marine world around Plymouth for free. From 11am to 3pm the beach rangers will be at:
• Wednesday 30 October – a seashore safari and afternoon beach clean and beach at Devil's Point Beach.
• Thursday 31 October Kinterbury Creek (Mudcott) for a day enjoying and learning more about nature.

Please wear warm outdoor clothes. For more information call 07943 241928, email rebhou@mba.ac.uk or visit www.bluesound.org.