Greetings from Leafy Essex

Tim Chilcott · #1 (**permalink**) 14-02-2007, 01:57 PM

Hi All
I'm a new member, just registered yesterday after looking through the WAB site. What a great project, StuartDH, and thank you for your efforts at starting such a website.
I'm 41, and a teacher so, as everyone knows, I've lots of holidays to go wandering about Britain taking in the sights; sometimes on foot over hills and mountains, around the coast by yacht, or in a kayak down some of our wilder rivers.
I've just moved from an urban sprawl in south Essex and have rediscovered the joys of living in countryside (I grew up in farmland in mid-essex).
I'm looking forward to taking part in the forums and maybe adding to the Gallery.

Cheers Everyone

Tugboat
(a nickname given to me as my first kayak was a bit of a tub)

Wild-Woman · #2 (**permalink**) 14-02-2007, 02:11 PM

Hello Tim the teacher from Essex.Welcome to WAB! We are neighbours-well Kent. Just a little stream between our two counties.Richew may be on later, he's an Essex guy and we like pulling each others legs about our counties. We're mates really though.

I'm Julie (jules) from North Kent, a TA in a school and a part time field teacher-so I don't get those lovely hols quite so much now.

It's nice to meet you. Looking forward to your posts.
Jules

BTW-please don't grade our spellings or grammar-sometimes we're fairly phonetic!!

Tim Chilcott · #3 (**permalink**) 14-02-2007, 02:20 PM

Cheers, Jules, what does a field teacher do?
I studied at Rochester in Kent, too many years ago now. But spent a lot of time cycling around the Kent countryside.
I'm a DT Teacher so my spelling's rubbish, evan my pupils tell me so

Tugboat

goosey · #4 (**permalink**) 14-02-2007, 02:33 PM

Hi Tim, I'm sure you'll find great enjoyment here sharing your thoughts, photo's and knowledge. It's a very friendly place if not a tad addictive- welcome.

Wild-Woman · #5 (**permalink**) 14-02-2007, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Tim Chilcott

Cheers, Jules, what does a field teacher do?
I studied at Rochester in Kent, too many years ago now. But spent a lot of time cycling around the Kent countryside.
I'm a DT Teacher so my spelling's rubbish, evan my pupils tell me so

Tugboat

Excellent-I like you already. Nice one Design Tech! We can pick your designers brain

A field teacher-well my job, mainly with children is literally all sorts of teaching, in the field eg pond dipping, insect sweeps, birds(basic stuff as I'm still learning loads myself) invertebrates etc and outreach to schools in shows etc and resources for school field days. So fun stuff for me really. TA-from sick bucket holder to teaching children with high level educational needs. In my spare time a dedicated WABbite-count my posts!! Oh and a Mum and wife-nearly forgot!

smartie · #6 (**permalink**) 14-02-2007, 03:03 PM

Welcome, Tugboat Tim. Hope you enjoy the site as much as we do

Tim Chilcott · #7 (**permalink**) 14-02-2007, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Wild-Woman

Excellent-I like you already. Nice one Design Tech! We can pick your designers brain

A field teacher-well my job, mainly with children is literally all sorts of teaching, in the field eg pond dipping, insect sweeps, birds(basic stuff as I'm still learning loads myself) invertebrates etc and outreach to schools in shows etc and resources for school field days. So fun stuff for me really. TA-from sick bucket holder to teaching children with high level educational needs. In my spare time a dedicated WABbite-count my posts!! Oh and a Mum and wife-nearly forgot!

Pond Dipping and insect sweeping; Great. And you get paid for that?
My kids and I spent endless summer afternoons falling into ponds whilst dipping and making pooters to look at bugs. My partner thinks I'm a bit weird but I'm converting her and her townie ways