Wellness tea – a national disgrace
Like it or not we’re all having to give some thought right now to the question of what makes us
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Author: Matthew Chatfield
The now entirely virtual ranger
Back in 1989 I discovered that people would actually pay me to work in the countryside. I could hardly believe
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Behold, the tree lobster. (Spoiler: not a lobster)
We like to bring you the occasional large invertebrate on this blog. And even a huge vertebrate now and then. But here’s a big
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Review: WakaWaka Power+ and Light
I recently went on holiday for a week to the New Forest – not everso far, I’ll admit, but for
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What is the most expensive ferry crossing in the world?
Moaning about the price of Solent crossings is a national sport on the Isle of Wight. “It’s often mooted that
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Are spiders afraid of conkers?
I doubt there’s a spider enthusiast who is not familiar with enquiries about how to keep spiders out of the
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Review: Hi-Tec Trek Plus Activity Tracker
These days I’m out and about a bit, so I got myself a fitness tracker from Hi Tec to see
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The Ranger re-booted
I’m hoping to spend a lot more time out patrolling the countryside this year, and so I have been on
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Back to rangering for me: joining Gift to Nature
I’m being outsourced. The Isle of Wight Council can’t pay for a full countryside service any more, so some time
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Angry acid-spitting creatures in Parkhurst Forest
The refurbished red squirrel hide at Parkhurst Forest was launched this weekend by Gift to Nature. I was there to
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