So here we are, into our final week at Occombe Farm!
The last week has once again brought more than it's fair share of rain, and if it carries on at this rate I could be asking for snorkeling equipment for my birthday this year!
Although it has been wet it has in truth been an incredibly busy week, and all said and done I only worked one day actually at the farm.
Throughout the week Vic and I have been helping to run a teacher training course down at Warren Barn, our local bunkhouse residential site. People have come from across the area to stay for the week and learn all of the information and skills that they will need to teach children about the marine environment, and over the next number of months they will put what they have learnt into a diploma style scheme in order to achieve a qualification.
We've looked at recreational uses for the marine world, looked into the processes and feasability of sustainable fishing, covered rock pooling techniques and identification skills and most importantly how to keep everybody safe while they are by the sea.
On Wednesday Vic and I went to Honiton where we spent the day taking a course in riding All Terrain Vehicles, quad bikes in this case. It's surprising how many jobs require you to be able to use one of these, especially if they cover a large area or have awkward terrain.
In keeping with the rest of the week the weather was terrible on the day, and a 40 minute journey ended up taking us over 2 hours with the number of roads blocked by trees, floods and power cables. Driving slightly further afield from the farm really highlighted how luckily we've got away with the recent bad weather, as we have no rivers to burst their banks and we are a couple of miles from the sea. Some of the fields we were passing were under 4 or 5 feet of water, and in most cases the very tops of fence posts sticking out of the water were the only indication that the water was not supposed to be there.
Despite spending all day riding the bikes around in the rain and hail, we did enjoy ourselves and our waterproofs actually kept us bone dry! Both of us passing the course was obviously the main priority, and our aching bodies were very relieved when he handed us the forms to say that we had passed!
So this week the Winter Olympics in Sochi got under way, and congratulations must go to Jenny Jones who has won Britain's first ever medal in an event held on snow. Well done Jenny!
Some of the athletes haven't been impressed with their accommodation in the Olympic village though, and among them is Johnny Quinn whose bobsleigh training earns him the honour of making it into my amusing story of the week.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/winter-olympics/26096612
See you all next time!
The last week has once again brought more than it's fair share of rain, and if it carries on at this rate I could be asking for snorkeling equipment for my birthday this year!
Although it has been wet it has in truth been an incredibly busy week, and all said and done I only worked one day actually at the farm.
This little Great Tit made the most of a break in the rain!
Throughout the week Vic and I have been helping to run a teacher training course down at Warren Barn, our local bunkhouse residential site. People have come from across the area to stay for the week and learn all of the information and skills that they will need to teach children about the marine environment, and over the next number of months they will put what they have learnt into a diploma style scheme in order to achieve a qualification.
We've looked at recreational uses for the marine world, looked into the processes and feasability of sustainable fishing, covered rock pooling techniques and identification skills and most importantly how to keep everybody safe while they are by the sea.
On Wednesday Vic and I went to Honiton where we spent the day taking a course in riding All Terrain Vehicles, quad bikes in this case. It's surprising how many jobs require you to be able to use one of these, especially if they cover a large area or have awkward terrain.
In keeping with the rest of the week the weather was terrible on the day, and a 40 minute journey ended up taking us over 2 hours with the number of roads blocked by trees, floods and power cables. Driving slightly further afield from the farm really highlighted how luckily we've got away with the recent bad weather, as we have no rivers to burst their banks and we are a couple of miles from the sea. Some of the fields we were passing were under 4 or 5 feet of water, and in most cases the very tops of fence posts sticking out of the water were the only indication that the water was not supposed to be there.
Despite spending all day riding the bikes around in the rain and hail, we did enjoy ourselves and our waterproofs actually kept us bone dry! Both of us passing the course was obviously the main priority, and our aching bodies were very relieved when he handed us the forms to say that we had passed!
Through the rain spotted lens 2 very wet riders heading back to the dry and warm office
So this week the Winter Olympics in Sochi got under way, and congratulations must go to Jenny Jones who has won Britain's first ever medal in an event held on snow. Well done Jenny!
Some of the athletes haven't been impressed with their accommodation in the Olympic village though, and among them is Johnny Quinn whose bobsleigh training earns him the honour of making it into my amusing story of the week.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/winter-olympics/26096612
See you all next time!
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