Tag Rugby Club 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 or 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. #

Hello. Mr Bloom here. And I like going here and there

to find out about where you live and what you like to do.

And, today, the route-finder's brought me

all the way to Leicestershire.

I'm starting off me day

having a look round this rather interesting castle.

And I know lots of Tiddlers that live in Leicestershire, too.

Yeah, they like to keep busy getting up to all sorts of brilliant things.

ROUTE-FINDER RINGS

Oh, it looks like the route-finder is going to show us.

There are animals to see. Ahh, just look at all these birds!

I know a Tiddler that likes to go riding.

And others who love to dance.

There are lots of places to play.

BOTH: Ha-ha!

And museums to spend a day!

Ahh, it's no wonder these Tiddlers love where they live.

Oh! Mmm.

This here is Rockingham Castle.

And I tell you, I'm very impressed with these gardens.

Mmm, they're lovely, aren't they? And all these plants,

they'll be needing plenty of sunshine, plenty of water

and I bet they only use the best compost.

ROUTE-FINDER RINGS

Hey, it's Kian. Well, now, Kian and his friends

know all about making compost. I went along to visit them

and a composting expert called Rod.

-Hey, hello there, Tiddlers!

-ALL: Hello, Mr Bloom!

Aww, it's nice to see you. What are you up to?

-We're doing composting.

-Composting, eh?

The waste goes in the top and compost comes out the bottom.

That's right, Tiegan. Well done!

That compost will help flowers and plants to grow.

And Rod, how does all the waste get turned into compost?

There's lots of creatures that live in the compost and,

most important, are lots and lots of worms.

Most of them will eat the food

and what comes out the other end is compost.

The other animal that you find in compost bins are ants.

What are they doing, Kian?

They're crawling on some sludgy thing.

And in this one, we have some very small flies.

I can see them! They're little, tiny dots moving.

Oh, yeah! They are tiny, aren't they?

Well, those insects and worms, they certainly have their work cut out

turning all that waste into useful compost. Yeah, they were very busy.

But I'm sure they were very happy. Ha-ha! Look, I can see for miles.

It's like I've got a birdseye's view of everything.

Yeah, it's fantastic!

ROUTE-FINDER RINGS

Oh! Would you look at that! It's a bird!

And this bird is called an osprey. Yeah, and I met some Tiddlers

from Rutland who were osprey experts.

The daddy bird is just flying in with some fish.

-Look, he's eating the fish!

-Yeah! Yeah, he's eating it.

There is someone out there. Look! He's having a bath.

Having a bird bath. Ooh!

Wow! These ospreys are really good at flying.

-Eloise, do you know any places that they fly to?

-Africa.

Why do they go to Africa?

Because it's nice and warm there and if they stayed here,

-they'd get really cold.

-Right!

They fly all the ways to countries in Africa in the winter.

And then come back here in the spring.

Why do you think the birds keep coming back here?

So they can lay their eggs.

Ahh, yes! And there's a camera right beside the nest.

So, we can see what happened when the ospreys laid their eggs.

It's hatching!

He's eating a fish. Oh, poor fish!

I think he's enjoying it.

And they're growing really quickly.

They're fully grown now.

They're getting ready to fly.

Wow, well, they've certainly grown, haven't they, Tiddlers?

Look at the size of them now.

That is a fantastic journey that those ospreys go on.

-What do you think?

-ALL: Yeah!

Ospreys fly a very long way. I'm not sure my wings could manage it.

Ha-ha! But they are amazing birds.

It was really good of Harry and his friends to introduce me.

But it's not just ospreys that you get around here. No, no.

There's loads of animals that have made themselves at home.

-ROUTE-FINDER RINGS

-Eh-up!

I went to a farm where I met lots of cows

and two Tiddlers called Jessica and Oliver.

They introduced me to their Uncle David.

Well, it looks like you got yourself a fine herd of cows here, Tiddlers.

-What are cows good at doing?

-Making milk.

-That's right!

And these cows look like they're ready to be milked.

All right, then, David. What have we got here?

Well, this is the milking parlour and these are the cows.

-All right. Let's get to it.

-Right, OK.

The milk from these cows is going to be turned into cheese -

Red Leicester cheese.

The cheese making room needs to be kept very clean.

So, we have to wear these special clothes.

Then, the first job is to add the red colour to the milk.

Very well done, Jessica.

It's a very pretty batter, isn't it?

What do we need to do next, Jessica?

We need to separate the curds from the whey.

Whey is the watery bit.

The curds are the cheesy bits.

And we cut the curd into blocks.

Oh, that's a big one there.

Then, we put them in the mill.

Ooh, it's very heavy. Oh!

We then put it in a press for two days.

Now, how long before we get to taste some?

-Seven months.

-Seven months!

Wow, that's a long time to wait.

Luckily, Uncle David has some that is ready for us to eat.

Thank you.

Mmm! That tasted great! What do you reckon, Tiddlers?

-Tastes really good.

-Yeah?

And it's all thanks to those cows, isn't it, Tiddlers?

COW MOOS

BOTH: Yeah!

Hey, that cheese...ever so tasty.

But it takes a lot of work and a lot of time

to turn cow's milk into yummy cheese.

Hey! And, I also, know some other Tiddlers who like to keep busy.

Yeah, they were doing a spot of gardening.

The next thing you know, they were selling the vegetables they'd grown.

-ROUTE-FINDER RINGS

-Ha-ha!

I certainly enjoyed meeting them.

Hey, Tiddlers, what are you up to here?

-We're harvesting onions.

-Oh!

Hey, these look like good onions to me!

And what are you growing?

We're growing some beetroot over there.

Now, I can see you've got courgettes.

And, erm, what's this one here?

-Fenugreek.

-Fenugreek.

Wow! There's so much growing here!

So, lads, tell me what's going to happen to these vegetables.

-We're going to take them to local stores and sell them.

-Really?

-Well, that sounds like fun to me. Is that fun?

-Yes.

OK. Let's do it!

Come and get your vegetables!

Freshly grown from the garden today!

What can we get for you? We've got some coriander there, haven't we?

Ooo! You want to smell it? Mmm.

-Go on, then! Come and get your vegetables.

-Come on buy vegetables!

-I'll have some fenugreek, I think.

-You think? All right.

-Beetroot.

-A bit of onion.

-Yes, a bit of onion. Yeah, that's great.

-Thank you very much.

-Thank you for coming. Tell your friends.

Will do. Bye-bye.

All right, thanks for coming. Bye-bye. Happy cooking.

It was great selling all that veg the Tiddlers had grown.

But, today, I have come somewhere totally different to meet some

other Tiddlers and find out what they like to do in Leicestershire.

I said I'd meet them around here somewhere but, erm...

Oh, aye! I think I found them!

-Tag!

-Tag! That's it!

Three, two, one, PLAY!

Go, go, go!

Ahh, good try!

Hey, look it's Hal, Thomas and Noah. Hello there, Tiddlers!

ALL: Hello there, Mr Bloom!

Now, it looked like you were having great fun out there.

-Were you playing rugby?

-It was tag rugby.

-Oh, tag rugby.

Someone has to try and tag you on the other team.

So, you can't, like, score a try.

And, Noah, how do you score a try?

Well, the team that has the ball has to try

and go to the opposite edge of the pitch and place the ball down.

-So, that scores you a try. Is that right?

-Yeah.

WHISTLE BLOWS Try! One stepping in. Great try!

-You think you could show us some more about the game?

-ALL: Yeah!

Yeah? All right. And look!

Our other Tiddler friends from Leicestershire

are getting involved, too.

Right, then, Tiddlers. We've got our bibs. We've got our belts, our tags.

-So, you ready to play some tag rugby?

-ALL: YEAH!

Richard is a rugby coach. And he's helping us learn the skills

we'll need to play tag rugby.

Put it on the floor! Eh!

I'm going to teach you how to dodge and how to get tags.

So, you need to run from one end of the square to the other.

And our rugby players here are going to try to grab your tags.

-Are you ready?

-Yeah!

-Go!

Oh, no!

Richard's teaching us how to tag.

Oh, that's a tickle. Oh, you got me!

We're learning how to pass the ball.

That's better passing.

-Go on.

-As quick as you can.

And how to score a try.

-Score the try for us. Great!

-Woo hoo!

-Ready to play some rugby?

-ALL: Yeah! OK!

Ready, Harry? PLAY! Run straight. Run straight.

Here we go. Defend, defend!

Tag! Pass.

Put the ball down. Put the ball down.

REFEREE BLOWS WHISTLE Try!

Off you go.

Pick it up, yellows. Let's go.

Try!

Hey. I think that whistle means the game is over.

Would you look at us? I think we should ask

-the experts how we got on.

-BRILLIANT!

-Aw, fantastic. So, did we have fun?

-ALL: YEAH!

Well, I'm glad to hear it. It's been a cracking day,

but, erm, it's that time when I've got to hit the road.

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

-ALL: HERE AND THERE!

-Yeah! Bye-bye, Tiddlers!

-ALL: Bye!

# 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. #