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A Solo Guided Bird Walk
Sunday 26th April 2020 was to be the second of this year's guided bird walks from the Land of Oak & Iron Heritage Centre in Winlaton Mill. The walk was orgainised with local ornithologist Michael Turner, who has led several popular guided bird walks for the Land of Oak & Iron over the past couple of years.
The planned walk was cancelled due to the Coronavirus situation and the need to practice social distancing. However, living locally to the Heritage Centre, Michael decided to go ahead on his own with the 'Early Morning Guided Bird Walk' as scheduled between 7am and 9am and report back to give a flavour of spring in the Lower Derwent Valley … so bring your imagination and join Michael on his 'Solo Guided Bird Walk'.
Thanks to Bill Cowings for permission to use his photographs.
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Sew Near, Sew Far
When the Heritage Centre re-opens, café shrub is a lovely place to meet friends and family or stop off for refreshments while out and about.
If in the past, you have visited on a sunny afternoon, you may have noticed when the sun shines from the south, rather too much light illuminates some of the tables and customers.
Through discussions with Gibside Sewing Group an idea was formed to create illustrated panels, helping to filter some of the strong sunlight.
Their inspiration was the 30km long journey of the River Derwent, from the North Pennine moors to the tidal Tyne.
Find out more from the group who are currently working virtually and calling themselves 'Sew Near, Sew Far'
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And to finish - some more photographs from our collection to remind us of the beautiful Land of Oak & Iron and some of the special activities we have shared together as a community, we look forward to taking more photographs soon.
If you have any photographs that you would like to share, please tag us on our social media pages @LandofOakandIron
You can see more of our photographs on the Gallery page.
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