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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 don't hear you ask, as it is in fact a rhetorical question? Nevertheless I am going to tell
you the current plan and there is no reason to change it (Isn't English funny - I'm going to tell you the currant plan and there's
no raison to change it.).
It is as follows:-
The Monday video (spread over two consecutive Mondays) will continue our theme of weird and amazing things in each county. We will try to look out for what we mentioned in our 2025 videos, find some more and, if any of our followers have written to us with something they think we should see, try to meet them and visit their suggestion together
The Tuesday video continues our story telling for our early years followers but, on alternate weeks, we are asking you, out there, to write the story. Details will appear on our Fun Things page soon. On the other week we have a big surprise for you (and maybe us haha)
Wednesday is the 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, which next year is again for our early years children, will take some history features, on a simple level, from our journey. More detailed videos may be added to sections of our Times Past page.
Friday is over to Molly. The plan is to explain nature and the natural world and look at our involvement with it. We will move from the effects of climate change to rubbish in our environment and to where our food comes from to growing your own. All will be there
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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