The days are feeling much shorter and the sun cooler. We have been out busy foraging autumnal berries. Why is it we never make enough sloe vodka to last until the following year’s batch is ready? -it must be the more we make the more we give away! There is nothing quite like it on a cold … read more…
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Outdoor felt-making
Saturday was the Cannich Gala day and, as we had a craft stall to fill, I had quite a lot of felting to do. Luckily the weather was good to us so most of it could be done outside – perfect; sunshine, water and wool! I ended up making bags, purses, glasses cases and Felted purse & glasses case … read more…
Cape Wrath Trail
Charity Walk- Cape Wrath Trail Lorraine McCall and I decided to walk to Cape Wrath- a 200 mile journey. We walked to raise money for the Christina Noble foundation in Mongolia. We only had 10 days to do it in, a journey which usually takes anything from 14-21 days. It meant some long days and … read more…
Informed consent
A huge part of a doula’s job is to educate – to find and present evidence-based information on birth-related issues so that our clients can make truly informed decisions. Many care providers bristle at the suggestion that they do not practice evidence-based care, yet statistics for the use of methods and interventions from routine rupture … read more…
Felting trip to Mongolia
Last summer I travelled to Mongolia with the aim of learning Mongolian felt making techniques. I landed in Ulaanbaatar and eventually met up with Arunaa, who is a social worker in Mongolia as well as a traditional felt teacher. Arunna has been involved in a number of felting projects. The felt making co-operative She took … read more…
Wild food foraging recipes
All this wonderful sunshine seems to have encouraged spring to come early. This morning we picked sorrel and nettles, I’m making a spring green risotto for lunch, which is one of Alex’s favorites and is particularly handy when you live far from the shops or great if you are on a tight budget- and it … read more…
Easter at Higher Crochail woods
This Easter we cooked an outdoor feast for our friends. We built a pit oven, filling it with hot stones heated in the fire. I wrapped a joint of spring lamb in wheat dough and put the whole veg in a cast iron pot seeled with dough. We then placed all of this in the … read more…
Wild Rose Escapes New Blog
There has been so many recent changes with Wild Rose Escapes and the woods that we thought adding a blog to the website would keep everyone up to date. We want to try and document changes at the woods and the projects going on there as they grow.
