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Nature walks Spring Summer Trees Walking

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

Nature walks Spring Summer Trees Walking

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

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

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

Autumn Nature walks Trees Walking

20th October 2021

An Autumnal Tree Walk – To The Trees Edition #23

13th Oct - Virginia Creeper and Oregon crab apple Nature's procession of colour rolls into town. The trees wave goodbye to Summer with glee, throwing confetti of yellow, orange, red,…

Matt Witt

Nature walks Trees Walking

22nd July 2021

Glastonbury Cemetery Copper Beech Trees – To The Trees Edition #20

21st July - Rowan Berries The berries are turning red, the oaks are reaching forward, dappling their dark green crowns with the bright green Lammas growth. The frenzied chatter of…

Matt Witt

Nature walks Trees Walking

30th November 2020

The Order of Autumn Part III- To The Trees Edition #12

From the first hint of Autumn to the last leaves left, the past three newsletters have explored "The Order of Autumn" as it unfolds here in Glastonbury. We are held…

Matt Witt

Nature walks Trees Walking

31st October 2020

The Order of Autumn Part II – To The Trees Edition #11

Glastonbury Tor View in Autumn Lately, I have returned to regular Tor walking. Partly because I need the exercise, but also because it provides a great vantage point from which…

Matt Witt

Tree ID Challenge Trees

7th May 2020

To The Trees – Edition #5

FULL MOON MAY 2020 The Order of Spring. Each Spring I feel like I experience Spring for the first time. This sensation has been even more apparent in 2020 thanks…

Matt Witt

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