As the summer opens up around us, working with the Stronger Roots project and the Buxton Civic Association, Creeping Toad is organising a spire soft free public events through the rest of July and August….
You can follow updates on event plans through
Stronger Roots/BCA: events page: https://buxtoncivicassociation.org.uk/events-and-bookings/
Eventbrite: Buxton Civic Association Limited Events | Eventbrite
Facebook: @BCABuxtonCivicAssociation
Twitter: @BCA1967
Creeping Toad:
Facebook: @creepingtoad
Twitter: @creepingtoad
Sunday 24th July
A Mouse’s Journey
how do we understand the world – as mice, moles, birds and people
11:00 – 15:30
Venue: Buxton Country Park, Green Lane, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 9DH
Follow the flags from the steps into the wood
A mouse builds its own map of the world around it: places for food, for shelter, for safety, of danger. Every journey – even the water running through the caves beneath Buxton’s hills – tells a story that can cross time as well as landscapes. We will be building our own maps of animal journeys through Grinlow Woods: mice in the undergrowth, moles underground, bees among the flowers, birds through the tree tops. We’ll also look at the long-distance adventures of our swallows and curlews and pick up ancient human journeys through our hills: packhorse paths, Stone age tracks, Roman roads can all be found here.
No bookings necessary - just drop by and join in!
This event is part of the Festival of Archaeology. You might like to visit their event programme and see what other explorations of the ancient and the not so old you might venture into!
Woodland Tuesdays
Last summer we had a great time doing something creative and often rather crazy (I’m thinking of pom-pom monsters in the pouring rain and discussions about the Gadley Pirates ailing boats over the woodland floor) every Tuesday through the school summer holidays. Our Woodland Tuesday sessions are back again this summer…
For all these events:
· when you reach the wood, follow the flags to find the activity
· you can book a free place through Eventbrite – but you can also just turn up on the morning! (Eventbrite links are placed for each session)
· allow 30 – 45 minutes to do the activity (but remember you can go exploring the woods afterwards!)
1. Tuesday 26th July
The Wild Beasts of Buxton
in Corbar Woods, Corbar Road, Buxton, SK17
What3words location: pill.friends.snooping
10:30 – 13:00
Making crazy puppets inspired by the woods: foxes with furry paws and snapping jaws, long wriggling snakes and cute mice
2. Tuesday 2nd August
Pom-pom wonders
in Grinlow Woods, Buxton Country Park, Green Lane, Buxton, SK17 9DH
10:30 – 13:00
Pompom-flowers, woolly bumblebees, fluffy butterflies or unknown creatures that sit on your nose! Where will our pompoms take us today? Join us to invent some fabulous pompom creatures and the world they live in. bring your own pompom maker if you have one (we have lots but more are always helpful!)
3. Tuesday 9th August
Woodland Art
in Corbar Woods, Corbar Road, Buxton
What3words location: pill.friends.snooping
10:30 – 13:00
Capture our woods, the animals, the trees, the stories, the monsters with pencils and paper, and pictures made from natural materials, or paint made from mud. A careful session or maybe a messy one! It’s up to you!
4. Tuesday 16th August
The Gadley Pirates
in Gadley Woods, Gadley Lane, off A53 Leek Rd, Buxton
What3words: oatmeal.shelter.flickers
10:30 – 13:00
The Gadley Pirates are back! Join us to make tiny pirate puppets, devise treasure maps, find some nature treasures and go home with a box full of wonders – and a pirate to guard it!
5. Tuesday 23rd August
Fairies, goblins and dragons
in Grinlow Woods, Buxton Country Park, Green Lane, Buxton, SK17 9DH
10:30 – 13:00
Twigs, leaves, mud and more will help, a twist, a tie and a face will give us some strange and wonderful creatures that might (or might not) live in our woods. Time to think and experiment and make a world of adventures
explore,
walk,
wander,
make,
talk
celebrate....a summer of creativity
in the woods of Buxton!
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