Taleblazers

22/05/2026

Had a lovely evening at Hopes Nose leading a guided walk, looking at fossils in the limestone and the raised beach, as part of the English Riviera UNESCO Global Geopark Festival! Thanks to everyone who came and wasn’t the sea mist at the end awesome!

22/05/2026

And in other news if you're an inspiring outdoor leader/teacher based in Plymouth/SE Cornwall and you're looking for a new challenge then you'll be pleased to hear we're recruiting!

For more information about this post, please email James O'Connell, Provision Co-ordinator (Plymouth) at [email protected] Taleblazers is a community interest company that seeks to improve people’s lives by connecting them with folklore, storytelling, nature and the great outdoors. We do th...

22/05/2026

This morning on the blog Louise has shared a post about our latest Earrthworks session, which focused on the plant life in the woodland. What a lovely read - thank you Louise!

Last Saturday saw our May Earthworks and this time we were looking at plant life in the woods. Why look at plant life? Well, we need to create base line surveys of the species that we have in the woodlands so that we can monitor what happens over time. What changes, what plants die back,

21/05/2026

Last call for tickets for our Geopark Walk at Hopes Nose on Friday! Just two spaces left now.

Explore this fascinating site with fossil corals, an ancient raised beach and hear about the story of the local gold found here!

20/05/2026

The latest episode of our podcast is now out and we talk to fellow People's Parkfield resident Jon Oliverio of Cycle Torbay CIC about life on two wheels. You can listen direct on our website or via Apple/Spotify podcasts.

One of the great things about being based at People's Parkfield is being among so many other great social enterprises. The context we work in is different for each organisation and we all have our individual passions, but we are all working to make Torbay a better place for young people. In this epi...

08/05/2026

An Ode to Sir David Attenborough

Thankyou for being a constant source of inspiration.

'Life in a British Woodland'

30/04/2026

On Saturday our Earthworkers did a whole load of tree planting, what a cool way to spend the morning looking after our environment! Louise has written this great blog for us talking about why we do it and the benefits for us all. On the website now!

Planting Trees is something that you do for your great great grandchildren. It won’t be within your lifetime you see that tree reach maturity. In the right conditions and given time that tree could become colossal and why wouldn’t you gift that to future generations? Our woodland at Treacle Vall...

29/04/2026

We’ve been out making maps at Hopes Nose this morning! Great fun. Everyone does it a bit differently

27/04/2026

On Saturday we recorded an episode of our podcast at Earthworks and interviewed some of the wonderful people there about what they do on our sessions and why they enjoy coming. We have got it edited and it's on the website now, it sounds great and thank you to everyone who agreed to have a chat about their experience. It'll be on Apple and Spotify Podcasts soon so please find, like and subscribe there if you use those platforms too. Enjoy!

Rich visits our monthly community conservation session, Earthworks, on a beautiful spring morning. Everyone is planting trees and enjoying the sunshine. He talks to Louise about the project and has a chat with a few of the group to find out what they're doing, what they enjoy and what keeps them com...

26/04/2026

Thanks to everyone who came to Earthworks yesterday - we had such a great time in the sun! We planted loads of trees and it was great to catch up with everyone. Next one is on 16th May!