The light has changed, the fresh green leaves are tinting the sunlight as is falls gently down to the woodland floor. The red campion and the yellow buttercups are settled in between the light green ferns. There is still so much to do on the pathways. It is so surprising that water springs out of […]
The colours everywhere in the woodland are bright and clean today. The range of green tones are exceptional and this year the yellow archangel flowers add a speckled pattern across the woodland floor. The warmth of the air seems to encourage speedy growth and ferns are opening like slow motion explosions. I spent the morning […]
A bank holiday, we don’t meet up as volunteers but the draw of fading bluebells and the hot weather made me spend time alone in the wood. The value of maintaining and creating glades is now very apparent in the display of wild flowers. With the flowers come insects and all around feels alive. The […]
It has been unsettled weather, never sure if its going to be wet and cold or windy and sunny. It was still very muddy from the winter rain and we thought it wise to work together as a group in the quarry again. Eventually this place will be a wonderful source of hazel coppice but […]
The woodland was so wet and looked so down trodden after Christmas, it needed a rest from human activity. After four weeks we meet up again beside the tool shed and reflected on the relative drying out of pathways and the sweet sound of birds constantly singing. The wood is full of light, the floor […]
A larger turn out of volunteers today meant we could tackle a stretch of path that receives a lot of heavy footfall – just by our seating encampment or ancient wood circle as Mike would say!- and its already quite boggy. We set to work building a double layer of corduroy with high side edges […]
Another calm and sunny morning in the wood. Not many volunteers so we all walked over to the north entrance down and up the valley, crossing a bridge, to repair some fences that help people stay on the designated pathway. It was delightful work which was rewarded afterwards by Ken – very kindly – offering […]
Summer is definitely feeling as if its coming to an end now and the volunteers are looking towards clearing and repairing. Fences need attention in order to keep visitors firmly on our carefully constructed pathways, its always good to remember that the wood is a wild life reserve and feet can do immeasurable damage. It […]
We had agreed previously that today was to be designated ‘Tool Shed Day’ and I was pleasantly surprised that Carol, David, Ken, Ed and then Bill all came along for a morning of emptying, sorting, cleaning and reordering tools and space inside the shed. It gave us an opportunity to see what we have and […]
The summer has turned out to be beautiful this year and yet again we enjoyed a sunny, dry morning. The woodland is alive with butterflies which is why we work so hard to keep the glades as an open space beneath the canopy. Sadly the horse chestnut trees are not so happy and in the […]
