5th November 2025
Stoke Bottom, A Holy Well and Paper Mill – To The Trees Edition #69
The dark of Samhain is upon us.The weeks are strewn across the lawn, days blown along on the autumn winds like leaves tossed off branches, dancing for moments before submitting…
7th October 2025
The Mists of Avalon – To The Trees Edition #68
As I begin writing this newsletter, the harvest moon makes a thin sliver in the dusk sky, like a tiny slit in the firmament through which the sun’s light seeps…
18th November 2024
The Heritage Ash Trail, Glastonbury – To The Trees Edition #57
#15 - Buttressed Ash, Stone Down Glastonbury is home to some mighty Ash trees. Along the lanes and in the hedgerows of Stone down reside some of the largest -…
20th October 2024
Upon Windmill Hill – To The Trees Edition #56
In the cosy half dark of a mid-October evening, as the last of the crickets crick, the old ash decides in haste that it is time to let go. At…
28th October 2023
The Oak of Avalon – To The Trees Edition #45
Inspired by recent investigations into the antiquities of Glastonbury, I have fallen quite willingly into the intriguing history of one of our most prominent oaks. Stood upon the eastern banks…
8th December 2022
Beauty Upon beauty – To The Trees Edition #37
November was sprinkled with notable walks around the lanes of Glastonbury. I made every attempt to enjoy a walk amidst the late autumn show of bright orange oaks, ignited beech…
8th November 2022
A Heavenly Residence – To The Trees Edition #36
Dove in the light - Bushy Coombe In previous ramblings, I have spoken about how I believe the hills of Avalon to be one large paradise, composed of smaller paradises within paradises.…
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…
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…
