Tag: Forest of Dean

  • Woolas and Lydnya – A very sad love story

    This is the true story of how the Forest of Dean came to be https://vimeo.com/402477114/535d4f7c1a This is a desperately sad love story that I wrote with the children of Woolaston and Lydney Severnbanks schools back in 2007. you can get a copy here:  It was part of a European Comenius project to create fairy tales…

  • Deer in the Forest

    I went for a lovely walk in the Forest with my daughter today. We had just finished filling our containers with about 3 lbs of blackberries when my daughter spotted, with her keen hunter’s ear, three Stags, really quite close by. The biggest stood it’s ground and watched us as I slowly got my phone…

  • Hooray! Government backs down on Forestry Sell-off!

    Hooray! The Government seem to have seen sense and appear to have completely pulled out of the Forestry sell-off scheme. I’m sure there are a load of upset bankers who are wondering what they are now going to do with all their quanitativley-eased bonuses, but I’m not really bothered about them. Good – that’s one…