Wild tales and woody stories

Creeping Toad on tour

August 2015

 
 

days begin with beautiful sunrises

the Newtonmore Goblins

a tropical sea, a lost treasure and a desert island:  perfect ingredients for an adventure

I’m not going to try to tell the stories behind these pictures - decide for yourself what is going on if you feel so inclined. That way if you get a horrible fright, you’ll have no-one to blame but yourself!

At Ledmore and Migdale on Saturday with the Woodland Trust, we braved midges and ticks to reveal the hitherto unknown tales of the Migdale Worm and the Spinningdale Ghost Train. There was the Caterpillar Fairy, issues about tooth-fairies for trolls, friendships between kelpies and wolves and a few stray zombies. One of my toad cousins wandered through for a visit and various beetles dropped in and trundled through…..

 

a fairy and her caterpillers

caterpiller closeup

fairy-teller in action

James Bond in Spinningdale

not quite sure who this is.....

Thanks to the audiences and story makers of my first schools on this autumn tour!
Auldearn Primary School
Dalneigh Primary School
Newtonmore Primary School
the lovely puppeteers and story makers of Ledmore and Migdale Woods

the midges are coming!

 

a bold storyteller in action!