Fame at last!

The Woodland Play Centre is featured in this autumn's issue of Exmoor The Country Magazine (www.theexmoormagazine.com).  The three-page feature includes lots of pictures, including shots by Christina Dithmar and Fiona Crawford and information about what’s going on down in the woods. The magazine is available now in the shops, with stockists closest to Crowcombe including Crowcombe Village Shop, Davies Newsagents in Williton and both Co-ops in Watchet.

Here is a small taster of the article, which is written by Mel Roach...

It was on a bright June day that I drove to Crowcombe Heathfield, through colonnades of majestic beeches, past the sleepy little railway station, to the Woodland Play Centre where owner and qualified environmental play worker Louise Kennedy has been tackling the problem of giving the outdoors back to our children.  For over ten years Louise has run various outdoor and woodland playschemes with the central aim of enabling children to play freely in a natural environment.

I parked in a small stoned area by the road and entered the woods.  Past limbering birches and flourishing rhododendrons, the first sign of life I spied was a structure made from hazel poles, a small shelter, built by and for a small person no doubt.  Around the corner, remnants of a bow and arrow lay on the ground and then, wafting over the breeze, along with the vibrant sounds of children playing, I detected the hearty and welcoming smell of sausages being cooked on an open fire.

“I can see a lady!” murmured a small boy from a hidden place in the shade.  “Hello?” I called out and, rounding a large oak tree, I arrived upon a base camp of sorts.  The half-term playscheme was in full swing....