Tag: forest

  • The Summer’s Weight of Leaves

    It was hot and still walking in the Forest this afternoon. The blackberries are ripe and plump and fungi is bursting out every where you look. It’s a beautiful late summer, but you cannot escape the feeling that it’s really early autumn. Walking under the brilliant green canopy a phrase popped into my head: The…

  • 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…

  • The Statutory Forest – Walking with my camera

    [slideshow]I haven’t been on my usual walk up to the forest for over two weeks. Things change in that time. New leaves are budding and, as the old leaves crumble away, they seem to reveal quite a bit of rubbish that has been hiding underneath them for the winter! At last the celandines are really…