Youngsters got to grips with nature - as they explored Norsey Woods using more than just their feet.

The group, aged eight to 12 years old, were taken around the Billericay woodland as part of a fun learning day.

These children donned blindfolds to explore the texture of tree barks.

Tree huggers - Abbi Adams, nine, Mary Rutledge, ten, and Hollie McGurk, ten, make friends with a tree

Picture: MAXINE CLARKE

Converted for the new archive on 19 November 2001. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.