Aug 7, 2026 · 47 min · 11 segments
In this episode, we were delighted to be joined by Geri Skeens, a guide with a particular interest in natural history who specialises in mosses, lichens and the temperate rainforests of Dartmoor. She…
Geri SkeensGuestHannahHostbigger plants yeah
i think you're right because um In COVID, I don't know whether you did this, I think lots of people did.
We all did Zoom calls with our friends and family, didn't we? And I remember we did, with my ex-husband's family, we did a pub quiz Zoom call one evening where we all did a round.
And I'd done mine on Flora, basically.
And I thought that the questions that I was asking were really easy.
And I guess because I'm in a space where lots of people around me are outdoor educators or working in the outdoors, I was kind of like, all right, this is quite basic.
And there was eight of us or 10 of us on the call.
I think no one got all the questions right in that round.
And I was like, oh, and it was just like, they're all very intelligent people with their own fields of expertise, but it kind of was a wake up to me to be like, oh, just because I exist in this bubble where everyone's like, oh, I know what all these plants are, doesn't mean that actually, I think that plant blindness you talk about is real.
yeah and I feel like I know very little um and I guess that's because I mean I'm trying to learn as fast as I can but I I feel like there's so many questions I can't answer yeah and there's so much I don't know and I it's like the The more you start to go into a field, the more you realise you don't know.
I said to somebody, she's got a PhD in something to do with lichens, and I said, oh, I feel like I still know so little about lichens.
Oh, that does
A beetle just landed on Geri's hand.
because I didn't realise what it was.
Oh, he is lovely.
bigger plants yeah
i think you're right because um In COVID, I don't know whether you did this, I think lots of people did.
We all did Zoom calls with our friends and family, didn't we? And I remember we did, with my ex-husband's family, we did a pub quiz Zoom call one evening where we all did a round.
And I'd done mine on Flora, basically.
And I thought that the questions that I was asking were really easy.
And I guess because I'm in a space where lots of people around me are outdoor educators or working in the outdoors, I was kind of like, all right, this is quite basic.
And there was eight of us or 10 of us on the call.
I think no one got all the questions right in that round.
And I was like, oh, and it was just like, they're all very intelligent people with their own fields of expertise, but it kind of was a wake up to me to be like, oh, just because I exist in this bubble where everyone's like, oh, I know what all these plants are, doesn't mean that actually, I think that plant blindness you talk about is real.
yeah and I feel like I know very little um and I guess that's because I mean I'm trying to learn as fast as I can but I I feel like there's so many questions I can't answer yeah and there's so much I don't know and I it's like the The more you start to go into a field, the more you realise you don't know.
I said to somebody, she's got a PhD in something to do with lichens, and I said, oh, I feel like I still know so little about lichens.
Oh, that does
A beetle just landed on Geri's hand.
because I didn't realise what it was.
Oh, he is lovely.
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