Calendar and Bookings

The calendar is regularly updated, so do check again for new dates and events. To find out my availability for private walks or events, please contact me Booking is advisable as events are popular and numbers are limited.

TO BOOK
Please contact me, with the name of the event, number of places and contact details. Your place/s will then be reserved until I receive full payment.
The full amount should be received by 1 week before the walk/event, otherwise your place may by allocated to someone else. *In the case of last minute bookings payment can be made on the day.
Cheques can be sent to: 'Rachel Lambert' 21 Trafalgar Fields, Madron, Penzance, TR20 8AE.

Cancellations
If for any reason you need to cancel, please do so 7 days in advance in order to receive a full reimbursement, payments after this date will not be reimbursed. In the unlikelihood of the event/walk being cancelled you will be reimbursed in full or can choose to transfer your payment to an alternative event/walk.




September

Wed 8th Sept, 2-4pm Prussia Cove, Cornwall

HEDGEROW AND COASTAL WILD FOOD WALK

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Adults £15, under 16s Free

A circular walk across shrub land and along the coastal path. A wide range of edible foods in the hedgerows! Walk will cover 10 different edible plants.

Expect to have your senses assulted by the beautiful views and range of tastes and smells.

Plants covered (subject to seasonal availability): Gorse, common sorrel, nettles, sow thistle, penny wort, silverweed, daisies, chickweed, violets, 3-cornered leek, sea cabbage, alexanders, vetch, sloe, ribwort and greater plantain, wild thyme, tree mallow, sea beet, plus seaweeds.


Level of walk: Short walk, coastal path is steep and narrow in places.
Meeting point: Meet in the free car park at Prussia Cove. Grid Ref. SW555283
Transport: Bus no: 2 to Perranuthnoe only (2 mile walk)

Wed 15th Sept, 4-6pm Long Rock, West Cornwall

SEAWEED & SEASHORE WILD FOOD WALK

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Adults £15, under 16s Free

If you enjoy splashing about and looking in Rock Pools you'll love this walk!
Please wear wellies, or expect to get wet!

We'll be wondering out at low tide to gaze at the various seaweeds and coastal edible plants around. I will teach you how to identify, use and enjoy some of these delicious and nutritious sea vegetables.


Level of walk: Flat, some walking on the beach, short distances - expect to get wet!
Meeting Point: Outside Jordans Cafe, Long Rock (along the seafront between Marazion and Penzance.
Map Ref. SW5031
Transport: Bus No:2

Click here for image and location of Jordan's Cafe

Wed 22nd Sept, 11am-1pm Godrevy, near Hayle, Cornwall

COASTAL & SEASHORE WILD FOOD WALK

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Adults £15, under 16s Free

**This walk is timed with the low tide so we can seaweeds and seashore wild foods

A popular walk onto the beach, and high cliff tops, Abundant with wild food and wildlife, they’ll be time to seal watch, as well as go onto the beach to identify seashore wild foods.

Please note: The National Trust have kindly allowed us to use this sight as a teaching ground only. They have asked that we do not forage here.

Will include at least 10 plants (dependant on season and availability), these may include: Elder, sea beet, silver weed, fat hen, common orache, tree mallow, common mallow, wild mint, gut weed, bladder wrack, winkles, laver, kelps, dulse, irsh moss (carragean), common sorrel, alexanders, gorse, plantains, rock somphire, common scurvy grass and much more...

Level of walk: Appriximately 2 miles, includes crossing some rocks to reach the beach, steps, and a steep-ish walk up to the cliff tops. Can be windy as is exposed.

Meeting point: Meet by the wooden hut at the entrance to the National Trust car park, Godrevy, Gwithian, nr Hayle, Grid Ref. SW585422, Postcode: TR27 5ED

Transport: Bus: 501 to Gwithian only

Fri 24th Sept, 2-4pm Duloe, nr Looe, S.E Cornwall

AUTUMN WILD FOOD WALK

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£12

**This walk is part of South East Cornwall Walking Festival which is an annual event offering a variety of guided walks in the Looe Valley.

To find out more go to; www.visit-southeastcornwall.co.uk


Join a leisurely walk in the beautiful setting of Westnorth Manor Farm (the home of ‘Cornish Orchards’) with wild food expert Rachel Lambert of Wild-Walks Southwest, and discover that there’s far more to foraging than scrumping and blackberries!

Find out about edible leaves, berries, nuts and seeds growing in hedgerows and fields. You’ll return home inspired with new skills to identify edible plants, plus some tasty recipe ideas too. You’ll never look at a hedgerow in the same way again!
 
Meet: Duloe Church (Will wait for Looe Bus)

Transport: Bus 573 from Looe or Liskeard to Duloe
Trains to Looe and/or Liskeard


Directions: View the google map of Duloe here

Sat 25th Sept, 1.30-3.30pm The Downs, Clifton, Bristol

WILD FOOD WANDER

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£5 per person

Join a leisurely walk across the downs, with eyes and senses open to forage for late summer tasty treats. We’ll learn about ten different edible plants including how to identify them, their historical and medicinal uses, and pick up recipe tips.

Meet: At front entrance of Bristol Zoo www.avongorge.org.uk

Booking is essential.
Call the Avon Gorge & Downs Wildlife Project on 0117 9030609 to book, or email:
mleivers@bristolzoo.org.uk

October

Sat 2nd Oct, 2-5pm Newlyn Yoga Studio

From the INSIDE Out: SKIN

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£30 (£25 if book for all 6)

The second of 6 Saturday afternoons to explore the body, from the inside, to help improve body-awareness, health, vitality, and fullness in body, mind, emotions & spirit.
**See below for dates/title of all the 6 workshops.

Suitable for personal or professional development (including yoga teachers/students).

About this Workshop: SKIN
The skin is out primary boundary with the world, providing protection, containment and potential for pleasure.

Making contact with our skin can help to build a healthy relationship with ourselves, others & our environment – assisting our skin to let go of toxins and let in what’s nutritious for us – whether that’s people, food or place.

Each workshop will combine science & intuition to offer an experiential approach to the body. Explore the mind-body connection using touch, movement & body-awareness. Images, partner work, individual work and group focus will be used.

Other Workshops in the Series:
COST: £30 each, or £150 for all 6 (paid in advance).

Saturdays 2-5pm,
Sept 4th, CELLS
Oct 30th, BONES
Nov 27th, ORGANS
Jan 8th 2011, MUSCLES
Feb 5th, FLUIDS

Venue: Newln Yoga Studio, 3-4 Kenstella Rd, Newlyn
Please visit their website: www.yoga-cornwall.com to gain full directions

Sun 3rd, 3-7pm Potager Garden, Constantine

WILD FOOD FORAGE- LEARN, MAKE & TAKEAWAY!

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£25 per adult

This event will be held at the Potager Garden and Cafe; in their relaxing and creative surroundings.

Enjoy a wild food forage through Potager’s organic garden, collecting ingredients to make wild pesto, herb butter, infused vinegar or oil, foraged salad and a wild beverage - all to take away and enjoy at home.

Entrance to garden and freshly picked refreshments and snacks included.

A unique Potager experience; combining the flavours of the garden and beyond!

Meeting point: Potager Garden and Cafe, HIgh Cross, Constantine www.potagergarden.org
Grid Ref, SW752292

BOOKINGS Booking and advance payment is essential as numbers are limited to this special event. Please contact me to book your place/s.