A conundrum. A family of six (a mum, Mu, a dad, Eric, and four children aged 8 to 15) is stranded on a sand bank by the incoming tide. They have no phone and the sand bank is completely covered
Flamingo Engineers at Stroud Green Primary
The Flamingo Engineers at Stroud Green Primary School certainly showed their skill at ‘working within constraints and finding solutions’. Mostly due to some overly fuzzy string and some of the orange and pink balloons being far smaller than their grey
Frankie the flamingo gets a go in a snow globe!
Adam chose The Mysterious Case of the Sinking Flamingo as his favourite book of the year to go in his snow globe. Clarence the crab laughed so much when he saw this picture he even forgot about the poo on
Flamingo Engineering – information for teachers
The Flamingo Investigation Department have been basking in glory having solved ‘The mysterious case of the sinking flamingo’. They wrote a book about their adventure and over 4,700 five to eight year olds and their teachers heard and enjoyed the story in
July 2023 – showering after swimming in the sea
Wait a minute …. You’ve already blogged about beach showers Catharine, back in May 2020. And you didn’t have a lot to say then. Indeed, you had to be bailed out big time by the family. So what’s so different
June 2023 – showering after wild swimming
My sister livers in the Lake District and has been wild swimming/cold water swimming in the lakes and rivers up there for a few years now. I have often promised to go with her and finally stopped being all mouth
A unique water management system – Margret Oellrich-Wagner, Upper Harz, Germany
On a recent geological trip to the Harz Mountains in Northern Germany, Margret and Rolf found this perfect swimming spot (below) near where they were staying. To their surprise they had stumbled upon a water management system that is so
May 2023 – not showering in Amsterdam
Just spent a few days in Amsterdam, city of tulips, canals, bicycles and wild weeing. With Suhith (obvs) and Jim (a mate). Went primarily to see the Vermeer exhibition. But as with any city break, spent a fair time just
ech2o newsletter – spring 2023
Headlines included in this newsletter are: Blue jellyfish shot Lego Lego Lego! Sneaky averages Urban mining of copper and more… Click here to read
ech2o newsletter – autumn 2022
Headlines included in this newsletter are: Urinals for women Rivers in the sky Part 2 Beer made from sewage Bubble barrier and more… Despite what the title of the newsletter says on this link it is def the autumn 2022