What an exciting event the Mayoral procession was as it wound its way through the streets of Cuckfield and we were there as a supportive presence. The Monday morning volunteer group liberated the ancient and historic tool cart from the shed and decorated it with two beech saplings, some fern plants and a few logs. […]

This week a group of second year BA students from the University of Brighton visited the woodland. They are studying on the Design and Craft course and have a particular interest in how things are made and the sensitivity needed to conserve mans use of materials in today’s global consumer society. John very kindly met […]

This morning was particularly beautiful in the woods, the sun shined low through the branches and cast shadows across the woodland floor. We all set off to continue building the long pathway going to the south entrance and made good progress. Its taking on a very windy and attractive character, in tune with the woodland […]

Its been a very busy autumn because I have been appointed as the course leader for a new course at Brighton University called MA Craft. I have been emmersed in ensuring the first cohort are properly educated and I have already fixed a date for their visit to our woods. If you want to know […]

The emphasis of our work party moved to a different location in the wood and with fewer volunteers, we concentrated on the west path system. It gets terribly wet and muddy in the winter and the path has widened to 2 meters in places so Tim carefully plotted a sensible route, marked out with fallen […]