Poole Harbour

So most fungi prefer acidic soil.

Places like the New Forest, you know, all around Dorset, around Pool Harbour, you've got that sort of very acidic soil where you can't really grow crops.

That's perfect for a lot of fungi and mushrooms and...

Then you've got fungi that like calcareous soil, like the Sussex Downs, you know, or around Winchester, Salisbury, all that chalky soil.

Important for whole loads of things.

So Poole Harbour, the water we can see in front of us, important for kind of...

Really important for wintering and migrating birds.

And the amazing thing I always think about this landscape is it's one of the few places you can stand in the UK and say, hand on heart, "This place is now richer for wildlife than it was when I was born 60 years ago." Throughout the summer, the heathland in particular is really important for Dartford warblers.

We've got a kayak, which we haven't had the chance to get out for a few years, but did it a lot in COVID.

And we live down near Poole, so like Poole Harbour, we're wanting to get out there as well.

So there's a few things that we'll do.

Here at Just As Well, we always come back to a few themes.

But Dad did...

He did a, a jump into Poole Harbour, and in his later years, he's got this let- letter from some Admiral Hoo-ha or whatever thanking him, uh, saying that there are not many directors of companies who actually go and test the products in person.

And he was so proud of this letter that in his later years, when he was sort of 90 or something, we, we actually laminated this letter so he [laughs] was able to show it to people.

And not surprising, he was very proud of it.

So he, yeah, he jumped out of an aircraft into Poole Harbour using one of his own chutes.

There you go.

His dad's claim to fame.