BBC Radio 4 blown away by Let’s Learn Moor

A BBC Radio 4 presenter who attended a Let’s Learn Moor event said she was “blown away” from the moment she arrived.

Helen Millican travelled to the North Pennines to cover one of the events for Farming Today. In an interview with BASC, she declared Let’s Learn Moor an “absolute joy”.

Helen said: “I have been absolutely blown away, from the moment I arrived when all you could see was children – squeals of delight and excitement – and they’re running around, they’re clambering on vehicles, they’re squirting each other with massive hoses with the fire brigade. They were captivated, they were entranced, they were so attentive when the adults were speaking to them and the weather was immaterial to them, they did not care that it was raining. It was an absolute joy.”

She said it was “really difficult” to choose a favourite activity from the day.

She added: “What I think I liked most wasn’t any particular activity, but the way that they were connected to each other and how the children could see that they were connected to each other. I loved that variety I think more than anything else.”

Debbie Collins from BASC’s media team said: “We are over the moon that Helen took the time to come and see for herself the magic of Let’s Learn Moor and in turn convey that to her listeners. It’s thanks to journalists like Helen that we are able to tell the world all about all the good work that goes on at these events.”

You can listen to the piece here.

Let’s Learn Moor also featured on Good Morning Britain and in the Northern Echo, Richmondshire Today and Hambleton Today among other media outlets.

More than 2,600 children from across the north of England attended this year’s Let’s Learn Moor events which were held at locations across the north of England at the start of July.

Let’s Learn Moor is the UK’s largest UK’s largest upland educational event, providing an opportunity for children to meet the people and organisations that help to protect our stunning moorland landscapes and species.

Co-ordinated by the Regional Moorland Groups, BASC and Countryside Learning and involving in excess of 50 partner organisations, more than 12,500 children have been part of Let’s Learn Moor since its launch in 2017.

Find out more about the initiative here.