Today was the coldest day I can remember working in the wood. The floor was very hard underfoot and freezing mist swirled around all morning. I honestly thought that no one would join me today even though I had laboriously carried a fruit cake and a bottle of honey mead across the slippery east field […]

Today was a wet and cold day. Working in these conditions can be dangerous so a flurry of emails and phone calls at 8am determined whether we were going to meet or not. Two important factors came into play. 1. the steps down to Derek’s bridge were very slippery and almost completely engulfed in wet […]

Happy New Year. The company of volunteers are working hard to coppice the hazel trees and are also producing Flower Stakes, Bean Rods and Pea Sticks as a by product, to be sold, possibly at the annual village fayre. We all worked hard cutting and protecting the newly coppiced trees with wigwam frames. Whilst the […]

On 5th December the volunteers had their traditional Christmas Party, a reward for another year of hard work. It is one of the few occasions when a fire is lit and spouses are invited to join the company. The food was wonderful and we had more than enough to drink. Sadly Leo did not patrol […]