The Woodland Trust has launched a £4.6m fundraising campaign to create new woodlands and protect Ice Age pingo ponds on farmland at Thompson in the Brecks.
Britain is becoming a rubbish dump: how we are wrecking our green and pleasant land
There’s been a huge increase in mess during the lockdown periods, but volunteers are taking on the litter louts
18 April 2021 • 6:00am
‘It’s not
OK to drop rubbish and expect someone else to
pick it up for you
Credit: Phil Wills/Alamy
Unsurprisingly, given the year we’ve just had, going on a walk has become something of a national pastime.
Long before lockdown overshadowed my family’s activity schedule (or lack thereof), an hour’s walk was part of our daily routine, largely to keep our dog, Teddy, out of trouble. But it also proved to be a covert exercise regime for my son, who otherwise is fairly keen to sit on the sofa and play on his Xbox.