Norsey Woods

Emmy recently went on a school excursion to nearby Norsey Woods.  The aim of the excursion was to search for "mini-beasts".  Accompanied by a ranger off they went.  Emily must have been pretty impressed with her adventures because she insisted we experience the delights of searching for mini-beasts for ourselves.  So off to Norsey Woods we went with Emmy up front and in command.  The instructions were to lift logs, examine underneath, catch any mini-beasts and place them carefully in a plastic container.  The range of mini-beasts included: worms, ants, lizards, wood lice, centipedes, slaters and snake worms.  

This was right up the boys alley and they did most of the log lifting.  Much of the wood was soft, rotten and as light as a feather, so those impressive displays of uber-strength below are in fact all an illusion J.

Underneath the lifted logs we found a worm, some wood lice, loads of slaters and a centipede.  Emily carefully collected the beasts and then screamed and dropped them all because something slimy crawled up the container and touched her hand.  Back to more log lifting.

On the way back the boys constructed a seat from sticks and gave Princess M a wee ride.

Once out of the woods we strolled along Norsey Road - one of the best streets in Billericay and lined on either side with million pound mansions.  One side of the road backs onto the woods and the blocks are massive - quite a few have pools, although I'm not sure the return on these would be worth the investment.  The middle right is my favourite and a I'm thinking a couple of million pounds ought to do the trick J