19/10/06
Rain to start followed by sunshine

The longest conversation so far about the project - with the Radio Merseyside Breakfast Show presenter - Simon.
If you listened to the interview and are now reading this – please do feel free to comment… your input to this site will really put meat on the bones…

Simon joined me on his bike and we visited a couple of last week’s sites – in the rain.

Off air he told me that he really likes Brownfields – one of his favourite trees is usually amongst the first of tree species to colonise Brownfield sites - the Birch.
He also has a fondness for Brownfields because they remind him of his childhood – I guess like mine - playing around, foraging about, and getting grubby. Brownfields were the unofficial playing fields… and if you were lucky enough to be growing up near one, it was the adventure playground where you could build dens, find bird’s nests, and pull the legs off Daddy Long Legs’.
Back then – I’m guessing that Simon’s about the same age as me – there were a lot more open Brownfield space and far less concern about Health and Safety and being sued by the parents of grazed children.