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This part is mainly for parents and/or teachers.
FUTURE ADDITIONS
2026 and Beyond (not quite reaching infinity but giving it a good shot)
SECTIONS TO BE ADDED FROM July 2026 AND BEYOND
Forty years after I finished my first year-long round Great Britain journey, we want to do another similar one. This time
it will be solely within England but cover inland as well as the coast. In fact it will cover every county and area on our
English Counties page and we will expand on information already there.
I do accept that I am now older and so going away non-stop for a year might be a bit of a strain. I also think Molly's
mum and dad might set off in pursuit so they could see their little granddaughter more often than yearly. Therefore, this time it
will be a week away and a week back in most cases. Sometimes it may be a fortnight away and a fortnight back but the definitive plan
is not quite in place. On my second journey, 1994-95, 50 primary schools followed me through a weekly 12-page newsletter I sent out
with "real" photos also falling out of the envelope they received each week.
But this time, the world can follow (well those with the internet anyway). We will be adding new videos
to our School of the Air section most weekdays just as we are doing in 2025.
What will we be getting, I hear you ask. Well, although there is still sometime until August 2026, the current plan is as follows:-
NOTE Each area will be covered over two consecutive weeks
Monday - Week One. This will be a simple introduction to the area we have been staying in with maps and a few facts and general info. You will also have a look at our accommodation,
Tuesday - Week One. This will continue our story-telling theme for our early years followers. At present we haven't decided on the stories.
Wednesday - Week One. This is our more academic day for our older followers. In each area we go to we will identify a topic that could be in a geography curriculum and talk more about it. For example, and a bit obviously, we would cover lakes in Cumbria, forests in Nottinghamshire and the Jurassic coast in Dorset.
Thursday - Week One. On this day in the first week Molly will be showing bush craft/survival skills. We may also look at ways we can all care for, and look after, the environment.
Friday - Week One. This section ties in with parts that are already in the English Counties part of our website. We will be looking again at the area's Royal connection and testing out and tasting some of the items that made up our "England on a Plate" series. However we will also be spreading our wings a bit and taking you on virtual culinary journey through Europe and adding some of the counntries which are part of the Commonwealth of Nations,
Monday - Week Two. In every county of England and in each of our metropolitan boroughs something has happened and also, if you look hard enough, you will find something weird. The two videos we will upload on this day will show the places where something has happened and also what we think is weird and if any of our followers have written to us with something they think we should see we will try to meet them and visit their suggestion together. We will also be announcing our limerick-writing winners and recreating the "AS WAS.... AS IS" photo that we're asking you to send us.
Tuesday - Week Two. Same as week one so this will continue our story-telling theme for our early years followers. At present we haven't decided on the stories.
Wednesday - Week Two. Again this will extend the material we put on for week one so again is our more academic day for our older followers. .
Thursday - Week Two. We've called this one "Walking with Molly" because that is exactly what you will doing. No idea where, no idea what she'll find, just hope she doesn't get lost.
Friday - Week Two. The summing-up day. We'll talk about our time in the area and share with you any material which hasn't appeared elsewhere.
All the above are plans and all possibly changeable but not by much I would suggest. Basically, if you use our site and
follow us, you have learning material for the next 3 years at least. I look forward to celebrating my land anniversary
(the land anniversary is spookily 41 years) by going off again around the land of England. Despite medical advances another 41 years
would be in 2066 and I would be 117. If you're interested, and to put fear in your hearts, Jeanne Calment, the oldest living person
whose age was genuinely certified, lived to 122 years and 164 days. Lola would only be 42 for that land anniversary of this forthcoming trip.
I wonder if her 71 year old mother would go with her. Oh, I loved typing that.
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