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2nd October 2023

Equinox Explorations – To The Trees Edition #44

Equinox is a time of in-between, when the day and night come to meet halfway forcing the light and dark to clash in an epic show down. Around one corner…

Matt Witt

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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…

Matt Witt

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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…

Matt Witt

Nature walks Spring Trees Walking

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…

Matt Witt

Nature walks Summer Trees Walking

11th September 2022

From Drought to Downpour – To The Trees Edition #34

The weather has finally broken - bright blue swathes have been replaced by ominous greys. Normally, I would begrudge the rain for keeping me from my evening rounds, but the…

Matt Witt

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 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

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