Day: May 17, 2026

A photo of the agenda for the Bury Wildlife Festival 2026

Visiting the Bury Wildlife Festival 2026

Yesterday we visited the Bury Wildlife Festival in Abbey Gardens hosted by Bury Water Meadows Group on Saturday – I hoped to spend longer at the event but unfortunately the day it was on was super jam packed already, but even with the short time I spent there it was still really insightful and great […]

A photo of a Lake at Larkwood Lakes, West Stow.

My First Wild Swim with the Nutty Mermaids

The before and after of my first wild swim with the Nutty Mermaids at Larkwood Lakes and Ecological Park in West Stow, just outside Bury St Edmunds. Funnily enough, I met the owner of Larkwood Lakes later that afternoon at Bury Wild Festival, hosted by the Bury Water Meadows Group. You can read the related blog post […]