John Muir Children's Conservation Adventure! (Part 2)

Scouting carefully ahead the children came upon a troop of Cavaliers! Among the troopers was a younger man called Sidney Godolphin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Godolphin_(poet). Sidney was a poetical young man, who appreciated the beauty of the nature around him. Some of the children had heard of Sidney Godolphin before and they did try to warn him against going into Chagford that day! Continuing on our route, we were very lucky to spot a huge heron rising up from the river and, would you believe it, had left them a note behind it! The riddle led us to a fallen giant, victim of the 2018 drought. There were some strong feelings at seeing such an old tree laid low but hope too in that somehow, it still lives, as there are new green leaves on it. One of the parents remembered sitting under that tree many years ago. It was an example of how changing climate can have a profound impact on our wild places.