It's been a long time since I updated this blog as I got around to setting up our proper website so this took a bit of a backseat for a while, especially with all of the work that needed doing at the site.
We have now had 4 different Forest School sessions at the site and two family Den Days since late Spring.
This week I hosted our first public Forest School session with a lovely group of 5 year old boys and girls from Bideford. We did some exploring of the site, enjoyed playing in the mud kitchen, cut wood cookies, played pooh sticks, went on a rope swing and much more.
We now have 2 compost toilets in different parts of the site and I recently built the boys a "pee pit" as it's clear that boys beyond a certain age can't be relied upon to sit and make the most of the urine diverter or keep the toilet as clean as we would it to be for all of the visitors!
Last week I built a mud kitchen for the children to use. This was great fun and the kids really enjoy making a whole variety of meals including porridge, chocolate cake various other brown, chocolate based foods.
I'm also in the process of building another shelter in the riverside meadow. Along with the other fire circles that I am gradually establishing up in the mature woodland we will have a variety of options for base camps for sessions and places to shelter when the weather is on the damp side.