Spent the rainy day at the field centre with Nick Brown learning about forestry and different tree species. I loved this as I really enjoy systematics and placing things in order. He took us round the grounds of the field centre where I was able to be very nerdy and give a mini talk to the class about Japanese Know weed. We later split off into groups and did a mini project in the woods, measuring the diversity of native tree species within a given area. Mel and I had a great time laughing, joking and teasing Liz who was semi-seriously doing the work with Hazel.
After dinner a small group of us were taken to a nature reserve and the best beach in Britain by Stephen Harris and other tutors. Here we walked from some scentic areas before reaching a lovely clean beach where people began to take their wellies off and walk in the surf. I then got his picture of everyone jumping although it took several attempts! We then buried one of the guys in the sand. By far one of the best days of the trip!
