by Susan | Jul 20, 2015 | Group visits, Rides, Woodland management, Woodland skills
Managing the woodland for visitors There’s an old saying that goes “A housewife’s work is never done”, which everyone knows to be true, because as fast as you clean up, there’s more to be done. The dirt never stops accumulating, along...
by Susan | Dec 23, 2013 | Infrastructure, Rides
Once the processing/turning area and track dug out inside the wood, the stone was delivered. It seemed like a lot of stone, in theory, but of course stone weighs a lot! A layer of terram was put down before the stone was pushed and dragged into place by the digger,...
by Susan | Jun 3, 2013 | Infrastructure, Rides, Woodland management
By mid-June the rides through the wood were head high with plant growth making it increasingly challenging to get about. Even the dog found leaping over the ever-growing herbage too much to endure for over 5 minutes or so. Of course, contemplating mowing paths in a...
by Susan | Jun 1, 2013 | Highlights, Rides
When we first viewed the wood in February 2013 there wasn’t a lot of green to be seen, but by March things had certainly changed considerably. Spring flowers were beginning to appear, which gave us the idea for renaming the wood to something people would...
