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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,…

Matt Witt

Autumn Nature walks Trees Winter

3rd December 2025

Autumn’s End and the Veteran Oaks of Coombe Hill – To The Trees Edition #70

The year’s remnants dangle loosely. A flicker of Autumn tickled by the dusk light, awaiting that final gust to breathe them into death - the last leaves left! Summer was…

Matt Witt

Glastonbury Tor Nature walks Trees Winter

14th January 2025

A Tor Climb In Mist- To The Trees Edition #59

Where the Tor should be! At times, the mist lies so heavy o’er the vale of Avalon that it swallows everything. We walk with eyes outstretched, feeling our way through…

Matt Witt

Hawthorn Nature walks Trees Winter

24th December 2024

A Winter Solstice Short Story – To The Trees Edition #58

https://youtu.be/0MEI3iUV-8k To thank you for your ongoing support this year, I come bearing gifts. A Winter bouquet, a (sad) Winter Solstice short story, a new edition of my song A Prayer for Avalon with a…

Matt Witt

Nature walks Trees Walking Winter

25th May 2024

May / June Update – To The Trees Edition #51

As it's been such a busy month, I have had little time to write, so this month's newsletter will consist of a handful of smaller treats for your enjoyment. …

Matt Witt

Nature walks Trees Walking Winter

24th April 2024

The Mighty Oak and the Mighty Wren – To The Trees Edition #50

Oaks of Stone Down As I unpick the introduction to this month's article, I stand at the moment of oak's bud burst, a significant turning point that for me marks…

Matt Witt

Nature walks Trees Walking Winter

25th March 2024

An Ode to Blackthorn – To The Trees Edition #49

In some of the darkest nooks and crannies of Glastonbury, the blackthorn grows so slow and old that it has become draped in a full regalia of lichen. At this…

Matt Witt

Nature walks Trees Walking Winter

24th February 2024

Spring’s Beginning – To The Trees Edition #48

Spring’s first exhalation carries through the lanes of Avalon trailed by a delicate lace of tentative bird song that, along with the early blossoms of plum and thorn, come to…

Matt Witt

Nature walks Trees Walking Winter

24th January 2024

Grandmother Lime – To The Trees Edition #47

Grandmother lime is a small-leaved lime, 'Tilia Cordata', registered on the ancient tree inventory with veteran status. Her vast trunk has swelled to an impressive 5.4m and shows all the…

Matt Witt

Nature walks Trees Walking Winter

27th November 2023

The Willows – To The Trees Edition #46

Summer sounds of scuff and scrape have long been replaced with Winter’s squelch and squidge as earth becomes sodden under the fall of recent storms. As I wade across the…

Matt Witt

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