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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

Autumn Nature walks Trees Walking

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…

Matt Witt

Autumn Nature walks Trees Walking

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.…

Matt Witt

Nature walks Summer Trees Walking

9th October 2022

The Tips Are Yellow – To The Trees Edition #35

Light angels of the coombe Part I Throughout the last four weeks, I have made a firm habit of walking the land in the golden hour leading up to the…

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The weather has finally broken - bright blue swathes have been replaced by ominous greys.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 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 Trees Walking

24th June 2021

Into The Next Field – To The Trees Edition #19

June has been a month of short walks on hot days in loose clothes, more ground may have been sat upon than walked. I have committed to short excursions punctuated by gate hopping,…

Matt Witt

Nature walks Trees Walking

26th May 2021

A Change of Perspective – To The Trees Edition #18

I have moved to a spot where the town meets the countryside, the last row of houses before nature takes over. The bird's song is constant and the houses are…

Matt Witt

Nature walks Trees Walking

27th April 2021

The Bards of Glastonbury- To The Trees Edition #17

There are a number of notable humans who write quietly in response to their walks around the lanes, fields, hills and coombes of Glastonbury. Some share their writing via these…

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