🔎 Quick Info
📍Location: Mendips, near Bristol & Bath (exact meeting point TBC)
🗓 Date: Saturday 13th September 2025⏰ Time: 09:00 start
⏳Duration: Around 2.5–3 hours
💰Price: £20 per person or Free for members (sign up to Fireside Meetups for £25/year here)
👥 Spaces: Limited – booking essential
🚶 Difficulty: Easy to moderate walking (woodland terrain)
🚗 Parking: Free laybys and local parking nearby (info will be shared before the event)
🐾 Dogs welcome: Yes, if well-behaved
🧒 Family-friendly: Suitable for older children with adult supervision
👤 Experience needed: None – complete beginners welcome!
🍄 Event Overview
You’ll learn how to:
- Safely identify wild mushrooms
- Understand common lookalikes and key ID features
- Learn ethical foraging practices
- Explore culinary, medicinal and ecological roles of fungi
- Build confidence with hands-on guidance in the field
Expect a variety of habitats, potential sightings of chanterelles, brittlegills, boletes and more — all depending on what nature offers on the day.
✅ What to Bring
- Sturdy footwear (mud likely!)
- Water or a flask
- Weather-appropriate clothing
- Notebook or phone camera if you like to take notes
- Curiosity and a sense of wonder
💬 Led By
This walk is hosted by Rich, an experienced outdoor guide with a passion for wild wellbeing and community-led nature connection.
🎟️ Booking Info
This walk is free for members of Fireside Meetups (join here & more info here). Limited places — please book in advance to secure your spot.
