Meet the Home Education Team!

17 Nov 2020: Meet the Home Education Team!

Hello I’m Eve, and together with Ruth, we run the Home Education group. It’s an amazing place for children to spend time in nature, learn survival skills, cook over the […]
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27 Oct 2020: It’s a Mast Year for the humble Acorn!

Have you noticed LOADS of acorns under the oak trees this Autumn? That’s because it’s a Mast Year for acorns. Get planting this bounty! A mast year is when the […]
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22 Oct 2020: Try at home recipe… Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

We’ve been enjoying cooking these over the campfire this week. With Halloween fast approaching here’s a recipe that makes sure none of the pumpkin gets wasted! Pumpkin seeds are composed […]
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09 Oct 2020: Try at home recipe… Apple Flapjacks

We’ve been enjoying mixing and cooking these at camp with the children this week. A real hit and the added bonus they don’t contain sugar! We cooked them in our […]
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02 Oct 2020: Try at home recipe… Chocolate Campfire Biscuits

Many Wild Tots and their parents have been enjoying these delicious chocolate biscuits this week. We cooked them between leaves in a big pan over the fire, but they can […]
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25 Sep 2020: Through your eyes: Holiday Club from a parent’s perspective

I can’t remember when we first came across A Touch of the Wild but we enjoyed a few family open days in the woods when the girls were very small. […]
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14 Sep 2020: What’s On: Autumn

All of our events take place in beautiful woodland at Grammarcombe Woods, Ashcombe Estate, near Exeter and we run many different events throughout the year for families with kids of all ages. […]
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11 Sep 2020: Try at home recipe… Elderberry Syrup

We’ve been enjoying a lot of blackberry and apple jam over the campfire at Wild Tots this week. But another Autumn fruit flourishing in the hedgerows at the moment is the […]
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01 Sep 2020: Through our eyes: Holiday Club from the leader’s perspective

“It’s always a real joy watching children play freely in the forest, but even better after Lockdown. Some wonderful friendships have been formed this year and each and every one […]
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07 Aug 2020: Elderberries are here!

We’re really excited to see all the berries appearing in the hedgerows. We watched and foraged the flowers of the fantastic Elder tree during lockdown and are now happy to […]
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