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Wednesday Wanders
Today the children wandered the woodland. Firstly there are the bramble bushes to pick from on the walk down to the woods from the...

Lou Sanders
Aug 5, 20201 min read


Tuesday
Today was one of those trolley pulling, wood collecting, tree climbing, dust kicking, wheat field exploring, gate climbing, lamb cooing,...

Lou Sanders
Aug 4, 20201 min read


Magical (mud mixing) Monday
The children took the trolley for an amble through the woods to collect wood for a fire. We all got distracted along the way, climbing...

Lou Sanders
Aug 3, 20201 min read


Wednesday woodland wonders
The black berry are out! They tasted, sweet, sharp and delicious. They made great paint. As did the charcoal, which we used so much of,...

Lou Sanders
Jul 29, 20201 min read


A Tuesday kind of day...
It was a kind of hand washing, wood collecting, stick dragging, bow sawing, hand drilling, string threading, decorating, knot tying, char...

Lou Sanders
Jul 28, 20201 min read


Monday play
With a brilliant bunch of children we had the most fantastic time. Rain sheltering, coat zipping, hand washing, wood collecting, steel...

Lou Sanders
Jul 27, 20201 min read


Wet weekend work
After the driest spring and summer, we decided that today was the day for final preparations in the woods, just as it started to rain!...

Lou Sanders
Jul 25, 20202 min read


P is for Preparation
and parking, planning and pootling around. We've been having lovely lazy days in the sunshine hanging out with the teenagers and a few of...

Lou Sanders
Jul 23, 20202 min read


making outside
It's only a week to go before the end of term....! Always an exciting time for those of us that spend out lives working and living with...

Lou Sanders
Jul 13, 20201 min read


Seemingly endless summer
The sun has just kept on shining, shining, shining through the cloudless skies of recent days, weeks and months. As we write this, we...

Lou Sanders
Jun 4, 20202 min read


End of Term
So another week done and another whole term done. It's end of summer term Friday, on the cusp of a week of bank holiday summer fun. It's...

sawpitwoods
May 22, 20204 min read


Lack of work and Lockdown parenting
We've had a quiet couple of weeks of ups (watching a Spitfire fly over the local hospital on VE Day from an idyllic picnic spot) and...

sawpitwoods
May 16, 20205 min read


April showers bring May flowers.
We are greatly missing the sessions in the woods and all of the fabulous children we usually share the space with every week. The small...

sawpitwoods
Apr 28, 20201 min read


The leaves are out, the people are in.
We've all been 'locked down', but not out, for four and a half weeks now. We have been keeping super busy (partly because of all of our...

sawpitwoods
Apr 23, 20202 min read


Spring is in the air
I’ve been brought up not to say the ‘C’ word, so I’m not going to utter it just now. Back in the real world, I brought Forest School...

sawpitwoods
Mar 17, 20201 min read


Stream life
With a couple of brilliant small people, we set off out from a busy day at school to tackle the muddy path to the woods. We muddied our...

sawpitwoods
Mar 3, 20201 min read


Crisp and cold
A pleasant and fruitful weekend was had with the younger brother in Bristol. We continued the wittering which we started on our wet walk...

sawpitwoods
Jan 20, 20202 min read


It's a bit blowy out there
Tonight the wind is whipping round and I'm happy to be inside by the fire under a blanket on the sofa. I'm quite pleased that I was...

sawpitwoods
Jan 14, 20203 min read


☀️ What's On In the Woods - March 2026
Hello Friends, Dear March Come in! What a glorious week we’re having, Spring is arriving with real heart. We have lots to share, so please keep reading and share with a friend and of course we can’t wait to welcome you to the woods again soon. Later this month, March 28th , we'll be gathering around the time of equinox to mark the time between Winter and summer Solstice - Spring Equinox; Ostara. We'll be playing and balancing together and brilliant Caroline from WeCre
10 hours ago4 min read


Coppice Club Feb 2026
Spring arrived at Sawpit Woods... We dusted off our tools, learned new skills, carved mallets, made new connections, explored the woodland and built our dead hedges — all soaked in that first warm sun. As the daffodils sang, we got busy making mallets and starting to carve spoons and spatulas amongst the emerging blue bell shoots. With grandmothers, grandchildren, solo visitors, parents and newcomers, we all enjoyed the time and space together with biscuits, tea, coffee and
5 days ago2 min read


Early Spring gathering with Sawpit Woods
At the end of January, we gathered in the woods to celebrate Imbolc, a time between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox when we celebrate life re-emerging and signs of Spring starting to sprout. Once again, the rain held off and we shared a happy day together around the fire. We started off by sharing what brings us joy before setting off to explore the woods and nearby land with fistfulls of the colours of the emerging spring time. We even found blue skies! We gathered r
Feb 12 min read
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