Today it rained all morning, so I decided to cancel the volunteers meeting as the floor of the wood was quite slippery after such a long dry spell. As Helen has just sent me photographs taken through her endoscope, I thought I would show these today. This is a real time snap shot of a […]

This morning contained a wonderful surprise and a chance meeting with Helen who very kindly keeps an eye on all the bird activity in the wood. John and I visited every bridge in sequence to check on their condition – a sort of health report – and it was while we were doing this that […]

Sunday 7th May is a day set aside for supporters and visitors of our beautiful woodland nature reserve. Bring a picnic and drop in between 11.00am and 3.00pm. Meet the volunteer team and ask them questions. See if you can find these flowers I saw in the wood on Monday 1st May and pick up […]

John and Mike set out to cut up a fallen ash tree into usable planks of timber. The quality of the cutting revealed a beautiful figuring in the wood which added to its value of being a magnificent material. ( I am currently reading The Man Who Made Things out of Trees by Robert Penn […]

Today we celebrated Bill’s birthday after a marveling at the early show of bluebells. It really is a good year and they look so beautiful under the slowly opening leaves. The green is so vibrant and fresh. Paths continued to be built and I took some time to prop up the iron fence that runs […]