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Read a book day

National Read A Book Day is the perfect opportunity for you to get lost in a good book.

We all know how important being outside and being surrounded by nature can be, especially when the benefits that we receive from exploring green spaces can have such a positive impact on our overall health and wellbeing.

Yet despite this, our modern world has demanded we live at a busy pace, the technology we use everyday has made us forget about nature and we have begun to lose sight of what really matters.

There is a book called Rewild Yourself by Simon Barnes which features 23 incredible ways to make nature more visible and these challenges have been designed to:

“Bring you closer to the nature that exists all around you, you can always be where the wild things are. These days non human life always seems to be just over the horizon – but with the smallest alteration this can change.”

If you are interested in learning more about how you can Rewild Yourself amongst your local natural surroundings, why not head over to our Distance Learning Hub where you have the opportunity to enrol in the Rewild Yourself module today by clicking on the link below?

Please let us know what your favourite book is in the comments section below.

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“๐ผ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ท๐‘œ๐‘“๐ธ ๐ด๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’, ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘ , ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘“๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘™๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’. ๐ผ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘—๐‘œ๐‘ฆ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘ .”

– Our wonderful volunteer Gillian