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Thinking on Water involves a canoe trip on the River Barrow with eco-art scientist Tasneem Khan, Go With the Flow canoeing*, and project participants, in order to examine St. Mullins and its hinterland from another perspective; that of the river.<br \/>Walking in Woods involves a guided walk with an ecologist through Bauck Woods (opposite Drummin Bog) down to the Barrow riverbank. This time, participants will be invited to examine this part of St. Mullins from the alternative perspective of this special woodland.<br \/>The aim, through art and science actions, is to connect and foster relationships between local community groups who are caring for the natural habitats of this special part of South Carlow; and relevant officers of Carlow County Council, e.g. Biodiversity Officer, Heritage Officer, Arts <span lang=\"EN-GB\">Officer etc. The two voluntary community groups are the Drummin Bog Project and the St. Mullins parish Heritage and Tourism Group.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Thinking on Water, Walking in Woods<\/span><\/em><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> is designed to ground participants physically outdoors in nature; to experience the hinterland of Drummin Bog and its links to St. Mullins.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":41317,"template":"","class_list":["post-41316","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Thinking on Water, Walking in Woods&quot; 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