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Nature walks Summer Trees Walking

13th August 2022

Adventures on Glastonbury Tor – To The Trees Edition #33

Tor Acorns - 30th July This year, upon the tiers of the Tor, the sheep have not been allowed to graze, allowing the grasses to develop fully into golden swathes…

Matt Witt

Nature walks Summer Trees Walking

13th July 2022

A Postcard from Dorset – To The Trees Edition #32

On the last weekend of June, to escape Glastonbury while Pilton festival was in full swing, I ventured down to Dorset for a long weekend. The trip was to incorporate an excursion to…

Matt Witt

Nature walks Summer Trees Walking

14th June 2022

Badgers, Beacons and Bards – To The Trees Edition #31

Nature's Way by Matt Witt As I walk the lanes of Stone Down during this approach to Solstice, each step seems to stretch the daylight further into the night. It…

Matt Witt

Nature walks Spring Trees Walking

14th May 2022

Close to Home – To The Trees Edition #30

The Redlands estate was built in the 1970s. It’s a red brick estate comprising detached and semi-detached houses and bungalows. The retro buildings are set back from the road and…

Matt Witt

Nature walks Spring Trees Walking

16th April 2022

From A Fair Field’s Corner – To The Trees Edition #29

“In the world of poetic experience it is depth that counts, not width. A gap in a hedge, a smooth rock surfacing a narrow lane, a view of a woody…

Matt Witt

Nature walks Spring Trees Walking

17th March 2022

Launching into Spring! – To The Trees Edition #28

At this time of the year everything seems possible. Spring’s optimism rocks me gently out of Winter’s sleep and as the grip of cold starts to lift we are blessed with the first…

Matt Witt

Nature walks Trees Walking Winter

14th February 2022

Branching Out! – To The Trees Edition #27

This month, we held the first tree walk in the City of Wells. About 20 minutes in the car from Glastonbury, Wells is a place I regularly enjoy walking, it…

Matt Witt

Nature walks Trees Walking Winter

17th January 2022

A Walk on Dundon Beacon – To The Trees Edition #26

Veteran Oak - Compton Dundon We set off at 1pm on New Year’s Day. Two humans with one intention, to wind a meandering path through the Wintering undergrowth to the…

Matt Witt

Autumn Nature walks Trees Walking

21st December 2021

Winter Solstice – To The Trees Edition #25

Ancient Oak at Pagan's Hill View of willow, Holywell lane Most of the trees' leaves have now senesced, lost if not to the gusts then to the cold, but despite…

Matt Witt

Autumn Nature walks Trees Walking

19th November 2021

Autumn’s Peak – To The Trees Edition #24

The roadsides, paths, and hollows are edged with gold, the hedgerows blushing red. Most ash trees have already stripped bare, some oaks have turned orange, while others may wait until December…

Matt Witt

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