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TOPICS
Declining Services in Rural Areas
'We've lost 3 shops in the 4 years I've lived in the village. They're all now private houses...'
How is your rural village changing ? Keep a record of the changes you notice. Are these changes for the better or changes for the worse ? A field near my local doctors' surgery is disappearing under brick and carrstone.
The local farm has diversified into tourism.
Great Weather scenes in Films
I love the snow falling in 'It's a Wonderful Life'
'Singing in the Rain' of course!
How about the end of 'Magnolia' ? With the frogs ? What other strange showers have their been reported ?
Local examples of Farm Diversification
"Down on the Suffolk coast there are lots of 'pig villages'. If you come out of Walberswick past the water tower and head for the A12 you'll see a good example. Right next to the pig houses (I wonder what they think of all the noise) is a scrambler racing track for motorbikes... On any given Sunday there are a large number of cars, even a refreshments van parked up, and people racing round the tracks in the mud.."
FIELD TRIP BLOGS
Student impressions of the Lake District
"I didn't think the hills would be as high as they are....but all in all I still prefer the Fens.."
Phenology
Join the UK Phenology network and then chart the changes in the vegetation you see around you during the year - this is starting to become a vital source of evidence on climate change and its impacts on the countryside