Janes adventures in France June / July 2019 Friday : Our trip to France starts with a detour to Grasmere in the Lake District – to Dove cottage to be precise, the home of William and Dorothy Wordsworth. Geoff is taking part in a conference entitled ‘What is natural’ and is kicking off the conference with a birdsong walk on Saturday morning, followed by a presentation with Mike Collier and Bennet Hogg. Arrive at Grasmere at 7pm after a rather fraught day getting things together. Have a stroll around then go through the plan for the next day. Saturday : We all meet at the Jerwood Centre which has the most fantastic collection of books by Wordsworth and other English romantic poets plus original prints by Thomas Bewick. Set off on the walk which involves people wearing radio headphones and being able to tune into the sounds that Geoff is picking up with the reflector dish he uses for recording. He has led walks with people using headphones a few times before and they