The big push to finish the pathway which runs from the east entrance and goes south, is still well underway. It would be really good to finish it before autumn so that we can refocus our efforts onto the west path. But much more goes on during our weekly Monday volunteers sessions and today there […]

Eleven volunteers stood ready to tackle this mornings tasks – a really good turn out. The two main areas we focused on were the Lime glade – where John cut down a couple of small sycamore trees last week and the ongoing pathway going from the East entrance towards the South entrance. The Lime glade […]

Back to the place we all love and because everything is in full leaf, it is now quite dark inside the canopy. It’s dark but warm, full of interesting smells and creatures. Today Mike spotted a toad and Neal caught a fleeting glimpse of a Deer. Tim found a huge oak branch had broken away […]

I had to be in High Wycombe today so Tim was in charge and work went smoothly in warm sunshine. Six volunteers made good headway with path building and John cut down a ‘hung up’ tree over a pathway to the south. This is where a tree has been blown over by the weather – […]

The wood is definitely settling into the summer season and everything is bursting forth especially the nettles and brambles so we concentrated on scything back the sides of the pathways – a vigorous, sweaty and rewarding activity. The skill is not to devastate everything in sight but to be sensitive to delicate and necessary plants […]

Today we welcomed back John and Margaret to the volunteers group. Everyone was pleased – we missed them both – and we all put in a spirited morning of path making and barrowing wood chips in dry cloudy weather, cool in the shade. John and I walked over to the Lime Glade and discussed plans […]