2nd April 2026
Spring – To The Trees Edition #73
As I begin this newsletter, the new moon hangs a crescent in the sky, the sun and earth align to balance light and dark, and all over the world, for…
3rd March 2026
A Walk in Pennard Wood – To The Trees Edition #72
In February, I twice took a walk upon Pennard Hill, a paradise of undulating earth, combes, ridges, and springs, amidst fields lined by far-reaching hedges, carved through by ditches and…
1st February 2026
Winter Colour – To The Trees Edition #71
As we drift on the unending ebb and flow of the season's comings and goings, the high tide of winter slowly retreats back into the depths from which it seeped,…
12th May 2025
The Green – To The Trees Edition #62
May is so welcome. All the greens have arrived in a cascade of hues too plentiful to discern individually. The up-coiling hedgerows writhe with the colour, a plethora of verdant…
12th April 2025
Spring Is Everywhere – To The Trees Edition #61
All of a sudden, Spring is everywhere. And I have not the eyes and ears sufficient to take it all in; nor the wit or words to record and share…
12th February 2025
An Imbolc Tree Walk – To The Trees Edition #60
Hazel Flowers This is spring, its very first inklings sprinkled throughout the hedgerows of Stone Down. At first glance, these early February days might seem like any other week of…
3rd July 2023
Midsummer – To The Trees Edition #41
Summer Solstice Sunrise 2023 On the days surrounding the Solstice, the sunrise reaches its farthest point North on the horizon, bringing it into alignment with the axis of the…
5th June 2023
Between Spring and Summer – To The Trees Edition #40
At this time of the year, the business of the trees’ apparently indiscriminate intimacy is drawing to a close - The male flowers of many trees, having fulfilled the purpose…
5th May 2023
Beltane in Glastonbury – To The Trees Edition #39
A verdant tide now rises; hedgerows swell, canopies expand, and verges brim and spill into the narrowing lanes of Stone down. The seal is finally broken and Spring’s envelope opens…
5th April 2023
Waiting for Spring – To The Trees Edition #38
Of late, walking has seemed like a mission focused on treading Winter into the past and tugging Spring closer with each step. During February alone, I watched in the region…
