River Carron Mr Bloom: Here and There

# Hello, my name is Mr Bloom

# And I'd like to come to see you soon

# I'm out on the road, you see

# Here and there, so that we

# Can get together and have some fun

# I'll help you out if there's work to be done

# So, where is it you like to go

# Call me up and let me know

# What is it you like to do

# I'll pop along and do it too

# Cities, towns, the countryside

# I can travel far and wide

# I'm all about and everywhere

# I'm here and there

# Here and there

# I'm here and there!

Hey, hello there, tiddlers. How are you tiddling?

Mr Bloom here and apart from gardening,

I like going out and about.

I like going here and there, doing lots of fun things

and finding out about new places

and I've been wondering what do you like to do where you live?

Perhaps you might like going to the beach with your family

or visiting a museum?

ROUTE FINDER PINGS

Oh... it looks like somebody wants to tell me.

-I'm Luca.

-I'm Ciara.

-I'm Sean.

ALL: And we love where we live!

There are lots of things to see.

I like to go to the river with my mum.

And this scene was drawn by the children in my school.

It tells everyone all about the river.

I think the school was there.

I like to walk inside the tunnel.

I like the wee green bridge over the River Carron.

Wow. Very good!

My favourite thing is riding on my bike.

My dad takes me riding near where we live.

I sometimes ride over this brand-new bridge.

It's great round here, Mr Bloom.

We'd love for you to come and see us.

ALL: Yes!

Hey, you know what? I'd love to come.

# Whereabouts will I end up next

# Let's put my route finder to the test

# It could be a beach, a village or a city

# Museum or a school, a garden so pretty

# A church or a station, a river or town

# I just can't wait till you show me around

# Tiddlers, I'm on my way

# So where am I today? #

Hey up. It's Luca, Ciara and Sean. Hello there, tiddlers.

ALL: Hello!

It's nice to see you. So, Luca, what are you doing here?

Well, we're weaving this willow.

Eh, I see.

You're weaving the willow into these eco-domes.

-Can you show me how that's done?

-Mm-hmm.

You put it in, then you put it out like that.

It's like you're plaiting the tree!

And what are you using these eco-domes for?

-Em, we're going to do classes in them.

-Wow!

-What type of classes do you have, Sean?

-Art.

-Art classes.

Eh? That's right up my street. Is it all right if I stick around?

ALL: Yeah!

The tiddlers are doing rubbings of leaves they found

in the school garden.

Wow! What smashing, colourful pieces of art.

Oh, tiddlers, these pictures are brilliant.

-So is there anything else that you want to show me?

-The River Carron.

-The River Carron. Is that nearby, Luca?

-Yes.

-It's over there, right behind you.

-Is that so?

Well, let's go and see it. Come on.

'Mrs Bell's a River Ranger and has helped make the River Carron

'a brilliant place for the tiddlers to find out about nature.'

-Oh, tiddlers. This is a lovely spot by the river, ain't it?

-Yes.

-So, what should we do? Shall we sunbathe?

-No.

-No? It's a nice day.

-Hey, we could sail a boat.

-No!

-No, what d'you want to do down here?

ALL: Kick sampling!

Kick sampling. Well, that sounds like fun.

Mrs Bell, what do we need to do?

Get yourself into the water and get nice and stable.

And then once you're steady, hold on to your net to balance you,

-you can then start taking a little kick sample.

-Easy does it.

'The tiddlers know to be very careful when entering the water

'and only go in the areas that Mrs Bell has made sure are safe.'

THEY CHATTER

So, Luca, what do you have to do to kick sample?

Well, you have to place your foot where it is nice and comfortable.

Then you have to kick the river bed so all the insects

-can get into the net.

-Very good.

Right, shall I give it a go? Give it a go. Here I go.

Urgh! You tell me if I'm doing it right.

Oh, yeah! Look. The water's changing colour. Why's it doing that?

-Because all the dust from the river bed.

-Yeah.

All the sediment is coming up.

Maybe there's a few animals in there as well.

Brilliant. Let's see what we've got.

There's lots of weed and some leaves. Oh!

You see those little things down there, wiggling around. Oh!

I wonder what they are?

-We've got a sheet that tells us all the names.

-Hey.

Let's have a look at this, shall we?

'Let's see what we've found.'

What do you think. Which one?

Maybe one of these.

'I think it's a stonefly nymph.'

So, Luca, can you tell me, why is it important to do kick sampling?

-So we can see all the insects.

-That's right.

Yeah, you can see all the animals and insects in the river.

And what does that tell us about the river?

-It tells you how healthy it is.

-Yes.

If there's lots of insects and animals

it means the river's doing well.

I think they must love where they live, just like you.

I wonder if there are any other animals around here?

ROUTE FINDER PINGS

Oh, hey... It looks like the route finder has something to show us.

The fresh water that flows in rivers can contain lots of goodness,

so it is a great place for animals to live.

This newt likes to keep nice and wet.

And these shrimp like it in the river.

There are so many of them underwater.

Above water, these damselflies are really happy fluttering about.

Heh-heh. Rivers are fantastic places for birds, too.

Kingfishers are masters at catching fish for their tea.

Water shrews live right on the river's edge

and they love going for a swim.

Oh! There are so many animals to see.

Wow! There's loads of animals that live beside

-and in the river, aren't there, tiddlers?

-ALL: Yes.

What do you like about the river, Sean?

Well, I like the sound of it.

The sound. Yeah. Shall we just listen?

WATER RIPPLES AND BUBBLES

BIRDSONG

Yes. That makes me feel nice and relaxed. How does it make you feel?

-Relaxed as well.

-Yes.

And it's nice, ain't it,

cos we've got this lovely bench that we can sit on.

Although, hey, it's a bit overgrown back here, look. Look at all this.

What do you reckon we could do about that?

-We could get nicer flowers instead of these not nice flowers.

-Wow!

Tiddlers, that's a great idea. We could smarten this up, couldn't we?

We can paint wildlife on the rocks.

Yeah, we could make a rockery.

I think we need to get to work. Come on, let's go.

Hey, tiddlers. Oh, these are looking good. What are you painting, Alex?

-Flowers.

-Flowers. Oh, are they buttercups?

-Mm-hmm.

-Yeah. I can see lots of buttercups over there.

-Have you seen these flowers out there in the meadow?

-Yeah.

-And what about you, Keeley?

-I'm drawing a worm.

-Have you seen some worms round here?

-Uh-huh.

So these are all things that you have seen in the meadow.

Oh, Ciara, that is brilliant. Oh, can you tell me about it?

It's a fish in a fish tank

-and I have got some grass seed to make it fish food.

-Some fish food.

In case he gets hungry. You know what, that's inspired me.

I think I'd like to do some painting. Have you a brush

-I could use?

-Yeah.

-Thank you very much.

Now, what shall I paint? I think I'll paint those trees over there.

-HE HUMS

-Right.

-Right. Here we go, Ciara. What do you think?

-That's amazing.

-Amazing.

Oh, it's very kind of you to say.

But I think all of your rocks are amazing.

Let's go and put them round that bench.

'While we were painting, some River Rangers helped by clearing

'away all the weeds around the bench.'

Now, look, tiddlers!

Here's my rock and where in the rockery could it go?

ALL: There.

I think you're right. There's room down there for my rock.

Give them a wiggle.

And pop that in your hole. In there.

Good job. Good job.

Well, tiddlers, would you look at that?

A lovely bench for everybody to sit and enjoy.

Who do you think should be the first person to sit on the bench

amongst all your lovely rocks?

-ALL: Mrs Bell.

-Mrs Bell.

Come on then, Mrs Bell. Park yourself there. What's it like?

I think it's looking absolutely fantastic. Absolutely beautiful.

MR BLOOM CHUCKLES

Well, tiddlers, thank you so much for inviting me out today

and thank you, Mrs Bell. But I best be off now.

So, join me soon when I'll be...

ALL: Here and there!

# Where is it you like to go

# Call me up and let me know

# What is it you like to do

# I'll pop along and do it too

# Cities, towns, the countryside

# I can travel far and wide

# I'm all about and everywhere

# I'm here and there. #