Staying connected to nature and learning about garden wildlife is becoming increasingly important both for nature itself and also for our wellbeing. Natural habitats are slowly dying away with an increase in property developments and also the current trend for grassed...
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Christmas Coundown #6 – the great outdoors
We're keeping with our weekend theme of getting outdoors and enjoying nature for better mental health and our Day #6 photo of our Christmas Countdown is the perfect image to capture our wonderful countryside. Olivia Harradine won 3rd place in the 'Outdoors' category...
Christmas Countdown #5 – our valuable volunteers
Today marks the United Nations' International Volunteer Day and we couldn't sing our volunteers' praises enough. The Ross Good Neighbours scheme, set up at the end of 2019, came into force this autumn after the first lockdown restrictions eased. The Neighbourhood...
Christmas Countdown #4 – find your happy place
It's the start of the first weekend after the second full lockdown - so what better for your mental health than to get outdoors to clear your head and give your wellbeing a boost. Mental health charity, MIND, says that spending time in green space or bringing nature...
Christmas Countdown #3 – a hedgehog-friendly town
It's Day #3 of our Christmas Countdown and today's photo is from Tina Raddenbury who created these lovely handmade hedgepigs and won 3rd place in the 'Art' category of our Ross in Lockdown photo competition. With winter well on its way, it's important that we keep our...
Christmas Countdown #2 – and no soggy bottoms
Last week's final of The Great British Bake Off saw the announcement of the 2020 winner but the Baking category in this year's Ross in Lockdown photo competition was equally impressive with some amazing submissions from our local bakers. For our Day #2 Christmas...