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I started this course terrified at how difficult mosses were, but by the Monday morning I could happily complete the id test and go on to id mosses on my own.
I started this course terrified at how difficult mosses were, but by the Monday morning I could happily complete the id test and go on to id mosses on my own.
Great course for lots of those difficult groups. We covered sedges, rushes, grasses, ferns, sorbus, learnt to use Poland and much more. Seriously recommend this for course.
OUr teacher is an extremely talented artist but the title is somewhat misleading because we could have been copying anything ! not just portraits ! . However, it was an absorbing Course but would have liked a bit more tuition.
Four of us attended the course which was expertly led by Nick Hodgetts. During the day we visited a wide variety of habitats including deciduous woodland, rocky streams, montane slopes/crags, open moorland and flushes, Sphagnum bog, disused limestone quarry, and domestic buildings and garden. On returning to Kindrogan, usually about…
George’s last course, which was splendid. I am looking forward to the new tutor, Mark Cockram, next year. Sadly, the breakfasts and lunches haven’t improved since May. The sausages this time were not very pleasant – tough skins and quite gritty. The bacon was good though.
Brilliant. The course tutor was not just all about techniques but very much about how we approach and go about our art works. It was so interesting and stimulating I ended up thinking differently, seeing differently and drawing differently, all in such a worthwhile way.
A wonderful course, taught by knowledgeable and imaginative tutor. Good balance of fieldwork and classroom. Flatford Mill’s comfortable accommodation and good food were additional pleasures.
The course was really excellent. Our tutor was great – very attentive, patient and encouraging to beginners and advanced students alike. The Centre and accommodation were very suitable. However the food was rather disappointing in terms of variety, quality and vegetarian options.
I had a wonderful weekend at Juniper Hall. Our tutor was brilliant – very inclusive with everyone, very knowledgeable and entertaining about fungi facts and folklore. He has taught me to be more methodical and patient with identification. There was some anxiety over accommodation as I did not know where…