Visit by Curious School of the Wild Saturday Adventurers

On Saturday 2nd April, Tehidy Country Park was delighted to welcome a group of youngsters that regularly participant in, Bodmin-based, Curious School of the Wild's, Saturday Adventurers sessions.

For many of them, it was their first visit to Tehidy and through having the opportunity to hear about both the nature and wildlife of the site as well as its heritage, they were able to reflect and share views on future plans for the special People's Park.

The group found out about the historic Otter Trap, and heard stories of the old hunt, inspiring the invention of a new wide-game 'Hunt the Otter', which is played in the same way as the classic It, and can be adapted to have one or many otters.

Later in their exploration they reached snake bridge, the area at the bottom at Oak Woods that leads you over a wooden bridge to rejoin the historic West Drive, taking time here to decorate pebbles to leave as treasures for others to find. Many of them chose to include images of things they had seen on their visit to Tehidy, including squirrels, flowers and sparkling waters.

The story of the Otters so caught the imagination of the group that by the time they reached the old hound kennels, now in urgent need of preservation and repair, they were united in their suggestion that it could be protected, their ideas for how it could be repurposed rangeing from as a library and museum with models of the dogs to holiday lodges.

"It was great to hear the views of young people, who really helped us understand how we can better enable this age group make the most of their time and experience at Tehidy. (Countryside Officer, Cornwall Council).

Why don't you create a drawing of something you see next time you are at Tehidy! And if you have ideas for the future of the site too, please do get in touch or complete our on-line survey: Tehidy Country Park - Understanding how people engage | Let's Talk Cornwall