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Nature walks Summer Trees Walking Yew

19th August 2024

Thank You The Apple – To The Trees Edition #54

Barely had Summer cast its rays upon my crown as Autumn's first breaths started to brush across my cheek. The evenings now start to grow noticeably shorter and cooler and…

Matt Witt

Nature walks Summer Trees Walking Yew

21st July 2024

The Summer That Never Arrived – To The Trees Edition #53

The tree walking season is in full swing, the past few weeks have seen numerous excursions into the countryside accompanied by a whole host of interesting characters - There have…

Matt Witt

Fields Nature walks Summer Trees Walking

19th June 2024

An Ode to Wilf Peddle – To The Trees Edition #52

At least the pastures have benefitted from the wet weather! In places the grasses, parsley, buttercups and hogweed reach up around my underarms. Repeatedly saturated in the perpetual downpours the…

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

Antiquaries Autumn Nature walks Oak Trees Walking

28th October 2023

The Oak of Avalon – To The Trees Edition #45

Inspired by recent investigations into the antiquities of Glastonbury, I have fallen quite willingly into the intriguing history of one of our most prominent oaks. Stood upon the eastern banks…

Matt Witt

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