A Walk in the Woods….

This summer my sister was selected to participate in the annual field trip of her Biology department.
This was very exciting news and Maria had been looking forward to the trip for a while. The only unfortunate thing was that the trip was scheduled to start straight after her exams so she had little chance to rest.
Being a real trooper however, Maria was undeterred and off she went to Silwood Park (where the Imperial Biology campus is located) for two weeks of fun with bugs, birds and small mammals.

Today Blair and I set off to visit her and snoop around all her newly established insect traps (don’t ask…). A short train trip later we were in Sunningdale (the closest train station). Unfortunately, the weather turned on us and it started to rain as if we were in the middle of winter. Poor Maria who had come to pick us up was absolutely drenched!

Once we got to the Park the rain had eased and by the time we had lunch it was all clear skies and a perfect opportunity to go for a walk around the park. Silwood borders Windsor Park but it is an unmanaged forest (so no pruning or landscaping here). Although less than an hour out of London it felt like we were in the middle of the countryside, full of lush green vegetation and even more bunnies!

By the time we were getting ready to go it had started to drizzle again so it was a mad rush to the station to avoid the rain. Both Blair and I had a great day outdoors and it was great to see Maria doing something she clearly enjoys so much.