I’m usually up early; I have an eight-month-old and a two-year-old, so lie-ins are a thing of the past. I make a cup of tea and have breakfast with the kids, getting covered in porridge by the baby while my son practises his dinosaur roars, then set off in the car to one of the woodlands I manage.
The area I work in covers more than 1,000 acres of ancient and secondary woodland, plantations, grassland and wood pasture in Devon and Somerset. The number one priority of what we do is to protect the wildlife in our woodlands, but we also want them to be places for people to enjoy. Spending time in nature has so many benefits to our mental and physical health, and I feel incredibly lucky that my work lets me do it on a daily basis – even when it’s lashing with rain and I’m soaked to the bone.
