animals

I'm taking a group of people on a wild food walk. There are so many people that we have to split into 3 groups. For some reason, my group are a bit later, I'm with the new comers, and we go out later than the others, with the intention to catch up.

I find a nice spot to sit to start the walk. I want to get the group to talk to the plants, so I say, "this exercise is called The Tree Speaks", and one guy in the group, John Biggins the mathemation, gets it immediately, and says "so we talk to the tree and the tree tells us what it can do" "exactly" I say.

Just as I get up from my seat a big bumbling, baby cow comes gambling along through the woods. Its the most friendly of creatures, and bounces right over to me, practically knocking me over in the process. This cow doesn't look much like a cow, but more like the costume cows you see in amateur theatre productions, where 2 people are dressed up, one holding the waist of the other. There is an even littler cow with this bumbling cow, who is following the older cow. The cow seems to be telling me that this is not the right exercise to do right now, that the group won't be ready for it.

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I'm at the sacred trust, and we are doing work on the land. I see a fox and follow the fox to learn more of its behaviours. Its surprisingly easy following fox, and I am amazed at the ease with which fox moves across the landscape. The fox is very tame and comes right up to a group of us are sitting. I notice badger is with us also, and fox and badger have some silent communication between them, which we can't hear.

Now fox runs off again and I get up and follow fox along the river bank. I come to a green house, within which I see some baby fruit trees that are struggling. We need to get them some more water. I do a back bend in the greenhouse with the support of a step.

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I'm now with a group
of us, discussing some important point. One of the women is telling us about her fiery drive for love.