Marg Hardcastle

I'd rather be outdoors by foot, bike or boat.

[Marg Hardcastle @MargHardcastle]

@AbiBrown1 @EnvAgencyMids @SoTCityCouncil @jogideon @WildTroutTrust

[Marg Hardcastle @MargHardcastle]

What to do when @EnvagencyMids @SoTCityCouncil ignore requests to remove armchair from #Rivertrent as it's outside so-called #StaffsSUNRISE river regen project? @jogideon @AbiBrown1 @WildTroutTrust should we sort it out ourselves?

[Marg Hardcastle @MargHardcastle]

@AbiBrown1 @EnvAgencyMids @SoTCityCouncil @jogideon @WildTroutTrust Local residents have now sorted the problem as city council kept passing the buck. Council officers could have notified @EnvAgencyMids on our behalf instead of saying "not our responsibility", until there's a photo op of course.

[Marg Hardcastle @MargHardcastle]

Thanks to local residents Duncan and Corin for removing chair from #rivertrent ⁦@SoTCityCouncil⁩ still say it wasn't their problem but happy to be photographed for #staffsSUNRISE project; buck passed to ⁦@EnvAgencyMids⁩. We got it sorted. #localheros

[Marg Hardcastle @MargHardcastle]

These yellow lovelies courtesy of #NoMowMay

[Marg Hardcastle @MargHardcastle]

Happy to see rejuvenation of River Trent but what about non-project sections? Loads of rubbish, inc. armchair repeatedly asked to be removed. The river is a whole. Any thoughts? @jogideon @AbiBrown1 @StaffsUniNews @SoTCityCouncil @WildTroutTrust @EnvAgencyMids #StaffsSUNRISE

[Marg Hardcastle @MargHardcastle]

@WildStoke @bbcmtd @StaffsUni @WildTroutTrust @StaffsUniNews @EnvAgencyMids @SoTCityCouncil @jogideon @AbiBrown1 @CraigBennett3 @SOTHour That's good BUT we've been asking for the old chair chucked in 2 months ago to be removed, just by the start of the newly created river banks. It's breaking down into the water and looks awful.

[Wild Stoke & Newcastle from Staffs Wildlife Trust @WildStoke]

This is so sad. Come on local authorities - let's take a fresh approach to road verge management!
There are alternative approaches that maintain floral diversity, save councils money and provide pollinator habitat: https://t.co/Mnsh9qIyfa
RT if you agree!

[Marg Hardcastle @MargHardcastle]

Not only have @SoTCityCouncil not removed the chair in the #rivertrent despite several people asking there is now a bike. So much for the @StaffsWildlife Sunrise Project. Rubbish that's what it is!

[Marg Hardcastle @MargHardcastle]

This could be London Road in @SoTCityCouncil if the dandelions aren't being killed off. Could the employee do something positive for nature instead?

[Fiona @F_J_B]

Now that I don’t see dandelions as weeds I find them a joy instead of a nuisance. Which can only be a good thing! There was a bee on this lot clearly enjoying them too. #morethanweeds #pavementplants

[Marg Hardcastle @MargHardcastle]

@SoTCityCouncil please read and cease from killing dandelions. Thank you #urbanwild

[Morethanweeds @morethanweeds]

We love growing flowers in our gardens, yet we call plants that grow spontaneously "weeds" and kill them...This "unkempt" tree pit in @CityLuxembourg was a biodiversity joy among the concrete: flies, bees, ladybirds etc. How do we learn to accept this "wildness" in our cities? 🌱

[Marg Hardcastle @MargHardcastle]

@SOTCCC out killing dandelions this afternoon along London Road with a motorised vehicle on the pavements. Why? Bees and other pollinating insects (which are massively dying out btw) need dandelions. #savethebees #dandelions

[Marg Hardcastle @MargHardcastle]

Beautiful

[David Steel @SteelySeabirder]

The dance of the European Shag. Plenty of courtship display going on between pairs on the Isle of May, beautiful to see

[Marg Hardcastle @MargHardcastle]

So excited to hear on @Alpkit webinar that @adventuresynd are linking up with @juliefowlis for Source to Sea- what a wonderful development for #lostwords #spellsongs

[Marg Hardcastle @MargHardcastle]

How about this for your kiddies instead of a mass-produced Easter egg? #EasterBunny #spring

[Marg Hardcastle @MargHardcastle]

Positive cycling experience today across city to LBS to collect brake pads. Chap in a car let me through first at T junction, smiled (in a good way). So much nicer cycling with considerate drivers around. #safecycling #StokeOnTrent

[Marg Hardcastle @MargHardcastle]

@WeAreCyclingUK Cycled to LBS to pick up disc brake pads & chain lube whilst MOH cycled to the veg stall. Not much nature sadly but a fantastic break from the computer screen.

[Marg Hardcastle @MargHardcastle]

Starting the day with hope. #hopefortheplanet #podcast https://t.co/TDdy6QO1VH

[Marg Hardcastle @MargHardcastle]

Superb bumper episode of @BBCScotland The Adventure Show last evening packed full of women in sports, please note @guardian - would brighten up your unbalanced reporting #womeninsport

[Marg Hardcastle @MargHardcastle]

A lunch time walk beside the river, it's how you crop the photo that matters.
#upontrent #cityriver