Tag: Forest of Dean
Mark Harper MP finally comes to the Forest of Dean
Well! It seems Mark Harper’s website is down again, although he said he would put relevant imformation on there for us, when he met us, his constituents, at the Main Place, in Coleford last night. We have been waiting for our MP to come and tell us why he wishes to sell off Forestry and…
Forest Authors (and thousands more) say Hands off the Forest of Dean!
A great day was had yesterday at the Speech House, which is the ancient parliament of the Forest of Dean and the site of the the annual Guy Fawkes bonfire celebrations. This time we were not celebrating the saving of parliament but burning it in efigy instead! My friend Andrew Taylor, the crime fiction author,…
Spring, and the Sap is Rising! Walking with my camera
I went for a walk in the Forest this week, and the sap is definitely rising. Although a cold wind is blowing from the north, Spring is here at last. You can see it best in the ferns that are bursting out of the ground everywhere you look. I love the way they uncurl and…