Sophie invites you to the BESfest stall |
The combination of sunshine, happy people, meowing peacocks
and grubby feet amounts to soul food for the average researcher - so gratitude
to everyone involved with the Larmer Tree Festival.
Bees and animal pencils were also very popular |
I was really impressed with the festival-goers who, despite
blistering heat, stopped by our rather atypical and curious stall touting games
such as the ‘Hidden World of Mushrooms’ and ‘Whose Poo?’. These were really
well received and it was great fun to see return visitors with a plus-one in
tow, enthusiastically demanding their nearest and dearest take the challenge.
It was not only human visitors who came to the tent. Native bumble
bees stopped by to check out our hive, and partake in the breaking of bread, courtesy
of the pollen granules temptingly lain on the grill-like cover. I also began to
suspect that our tent was unwittingly enrolled in a scheme to provide a 24 hour
crèche for the money spiders of Wiltshire, that's if my hair was anything to go
by.
Great people, great ecology, great fun!
Post written by Sophie Dixon, PhD student at the Open University
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