Today while the friends were out on their usual work morning, we received the most wonderful thank you for our efforts from the children and teachers of The Great Expectations Day Nursery. They not only gave us a beautiful hand crafted Christmas card with a box of biscuits for our breaktime but also sang us a carol. To see these young folk enjoying our valley every much as we do is always such a pleasure. Thank you all so very much. You lifted our hearts as high as the tallest trees.
A very observant dog walker kindly sent this photo to us of a Slow Worm seen on a path in Leap Valley.
With long, smooth, shiny, grey or brown bodies, slow worms look very similar to tiny snakes. In fact they are legless lizards and are quite harmless.
Although found throughout mainland Britain, they are most common in Wales and south-west England. They are absent from Ireland.
Slow worms like humid conditions and emerge from their hiding places at dusk or after rain to hunt for food. They spend the winter hibernating under piles of leaves or within tree roots.
If attacked by a predator, a slow worm can shed its tail to escape, although it never grows back fully.
Thank you Philip
On a walk around our beautiful valley on Friday it was so good to see all the Snowdrops beginning to show through the leaves and grass. A sure sign that Spring is here.
Our ‘Chair’ Mary took these lovely pics yesterday to lift our spirits and show that Spring really is nearly here. We hope Mrs Mallard turns up soon for her beau on the seasonal pond.
Well hasn’t our Wild Flower Meadow done well. A joy to sit and look not only at the flowers but also the insects and butterflies it has brought in. Below are some wonderful shots taken last week by our Treasurer Andrew.
Hopefully we will get some more sun to ripen all the seeds before the annual mow in early Sept. Next year the perennial plants will show and not the annual ones of this year so more to look forward to.
Our great guys continue to go out on a Monday morning and do so much work in the valley and orchard to maintain it in best possible condition. We are all so very grateful to them. Come rain or shine they are there.
Our AGM will be held on Monday Sept 9th. I will put the venue on the Upcoming Events Page when it has been decided where it will be held. Anyone interested in our beautiful valley is welcome.
The Friends of Leap Valley 
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