Puddling an ancient pond and building a dry stone wall were excellent ways to celebrate my 40th birthday. Sleeping in a Mediaeval barn was the icin
Miss
I started volunteering with the then BTCV in Glasgow in 2003 shortly after finishing a degree in Countryside Management. I’d previously done
Just another day in the office….
School never really understood me. I was obsessed by natural history, bred woodlice in my bedroom, spent my Saturdays looking after sealions in Lon
My First Year
In 2017, I was doing an internship in Yorkshire. It was there that I first ran into TCV, specifically the South Yorkshire team who were leading a s
The balsam was bigger than me!
I first volunteered with (B)TCV in Preston during my college summer holidays. On my first day, I nervously waited near the row of telephone boxes i
20 Years Later
I first discovered BTCV back in 1988 on a one-day training course and quickly became a regular volunteer and leader. In January 1999 I managed to g