Hello! This'll just be a list of (some of) my friends, how I met them, and where they are now :p
Natasha Cox - school friend I've known since first year! - Derrygonnelly, Co. Fermanagh
Amy Beach - met at Botanical University Challenge, Cambridge in August '25 - Aberdeen, Scotland *said I can stay
Jake Dalzell - met through Wild Belfast and botany twitter in Jan '23 - Aberystwyth, Wales + Belfast
Charlie and Jessie - lovely couple I met on my Western Isles Trip June '25 - The Rhinns, Islay *said I can stay
Callum Laing - met through BES Summer School July '23 - Stornoway, Isle of Lewis
Billy Fulwood - met through Jake Dalzell and BUC Botany Fest Cambridge in Aug '25 - Kew Gardens, Brentford *said I can stay
Danny and Lyd - met through Billy and BUC Botany Fest - Plymouth and South East in general *said I can stay
Jess - met through BUC Botany Fest - on Dartmoor
Georgia - met through BUC - Derbyshire *said I can stay
Marta - met on Rathlin - Guatemala
Jade Smales - met on Rathlin - Montreal, then Uganda, then South Africa *said I can stay
Leela - met through BES Conference - Tokyo *said I can stay
Jules - met as a visitor to seabird centre - Near Strasbourg, France *said I can stay
Helen and Graham - couple I met in Coll Bunkhouse - North Yorkshire
Alfred - met at BUC Botany Fest Aug '25 - Eden Project
Berta - met on BUC Queen's team - Sweden
Alex Colety - met through BES Conference Helper team - Essex
Saffie - Volunteer at Seabird centre - Somerset
Gabriella - Volunteer with Seaweed harvest - Cornwall (Wwoofing)
Delia - met as Seaweed harvest volunteer on Rathlin - Portugal at Yoga and surfing retreat
Ellie, Lis and Sarah - Seaweed harvesters on Rathlin - Rathlin
Weina - met through BUC Botany fest - Cambridge
Ellie - met at Cambridge moth trapping, works for BAS on Snow petrels - Cambridge-ish
Molly - met at BES Summer school - Aberystwyth
Ben Biddle - met at BES Summer school - Bristol (from Kent)
Klara and Kelda - met at BES Summer school - Coventry
Shathuki - met at BES Summer School - Sydney, Australia
Reem - met through Eslam and Palestine solidarity movement - Essex and GOldsmiths
Nell - met through Wildlife Trust Festival Planning weekend in Derbyshire - London
Emma - childhood best friend - Lewisham, London
Greta Fink - met through Theatre summer school - Firenze, Italy