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The Brown Sign Torch Relay Day 2: Hangovers & shingle bars
So this is me this morning after running to work (still managing to be late) with quite a significant hangover. Not drinking on a regular basis makes you look like this when you start again, to avoid this look I recommend drinking on a regular basis. Despite said hangover though I’m crashing on with my very exciting alternative Brown Sign Olympic Torch Relay (in between serving customers and pretending to be a good manager you understand).
When I had a look at the Olympic Torch Relay map through bleary eyes earlier I got excited, at the time of writing the torch was passing through here…
Interesting, non? I like maps a lot, I’m not embarrassed to admit that I’ll happily spend hours with my face plastered up to any type of map, jaw hanging open like a goon just drinking in the tiniest details of the earth’s surface the map maker has discovered, drawn and printed for people to use and navigate around with (and for geeks like me to waste time looking at). So when I see things like a great big body of water sitting right next to the sea separated by a spit of land it immediately intrigues me.
So today we are at Slapton Ley and this is what it looks like in real life (photo by Simon Booth), I’m liking it here already. This is what they say about themselves:
“Slapton Ley is the largest natural lake in south-west England. Although it is only separated from the sea by a narrow shingle bar, it is entirely freshwater. The lake is surrounded by reedbeds, marshes and woodland habitats. Follow a trail, join a FREE event or stay for a course at the Field Centre. Slapton Ley is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and was declared a National Nature Reserve (NNR) in 1993”.
Slapton Ley isn’t just a gorgeous place to amble around, admire the wildlife and marvel at being somewhere geographically rather unique, the guys who run it (the very interesting Field Studies Council) also want us to enjoy it on a higher level and they’re all about education. They run loads of school trips, offer courses (including residential ones) in arts and natural history and have brilliant DIY walks and nature trails that you can download for free to take around with you when you visit. I just think other people’s enthusiasm is so contagious and when I see places like this running courses and events I find myself itching to book myself on (even subjects that I never thought I’d find interesting!) I think they’ve achieved their goal.
Another great find along my alternative Brown Sign Olympic Torch Relay I think you’ll agree. Nominate your brown signed destinations by emailing me or tweet them using #brownsign, I love them all 🙂
