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Tuesday in the woods
The sun shone, the rain fell, the blackberries were collected and squished and painted with and poured, the trees were climbed and swung...

Lou Sanders
Aug 18, 20201 min read


Is Autumn on its way?
The rain clouds have gathered and there is a breeze in the air. We spent a brief time checking out the new wood piles created from...

Lou Sanders
Aug 17, 20201 min read


Tree trimming
We've been having a week off this week, to spend much needed time with the family. This has meant there have been no sessions in the...

Lou Sanders
Aug 14, 20203 min read


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


Flutterbies
This year the garden has been rather full of bees, bumbles, hoverflies, wasps, moths and butterflies fluttering by. You can join in with...

Lou Sanders
Jul 24, 20201 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


School is out (again)
So one of our day jobs is teaching in a fantastic little school and today we are officially out for summer! We have had an inset day of...

Lou Sanders
Jul 20, 20201 min read


Summer Sun
It's the end of another week. It's the end of another term. It's the end of another year. That all came round a bit quick this time. We...

Lou Sanders
Jul 19, 20202 min read


Still some spaces left....book now before the summer!
It has been a busy week catching up with the end of term wind down and the preparations for the start of the summer holidays and beyond....

Lou Sanders
Jul 15, 20201 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


Let's just get on with it now...
It has been a long few months and it seems about the time to get on with life now. We've been busy getting on with being back at work and...

Lou Sanders
Jul 4, 20202 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


Coppice Club: Crafting Community in the Woods
An other satisfying day spent with the woods
Jan 112 min read


What's on in the Woods? December 2025
We hope you’re enjoying the turn to deep winter and the cosy long nights. Here's what's happening at Sawpit Woods in the coming weeks.
Dec 20, 20254 min read


Tree tending Day
We had a wonderful day tending our sapling trees in our Children's Forest adjacent to Sawpit Woods this February. Together we mulched...
Feb 13, 20242 min read
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