It was Naoimi who told us about Frostenden, when MIchael waxing about blue bells in Reydon, she said, not a patch on Frostenden. Early evening Saturday we drove the back roads, following close to the cycle route I'd just taken (to Brampton Station) via Stoven, a dog leg over the A12 still empty, and sharp… Continue reading Frostenden Wood in blue bell time
Category: Woods in Suffolk
Staverton Thicks
Struggling to come here for years, I was escorted yesterday by Michael, driven down, lunched at the refurbished Oyster and walked, dogless. It was magnificent and we both vowed to return in the winter when both the trees and land would be naked their great structures more visible. It's a privately owned 80 acres of… Continue reading Staverton Thicks
October The Great Storm – ICF day seminar Rendlesham Forest
2017 ICF East England: The Great Storm - 30 Years On Friday 20 October 2017 Sutton Hoo, Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB, Tranmer House, Woodbridge IP12 3DJ The LEGACY of the 87 Storm: reflections of the day, personal and tree, the aftermath clear up. CLIMATE CHANGE, the pattens of historic storms, the projection of future… Continue reading October The Great Storm – ICF day seminar Rendlesham Forest
September Sotterly Hornbeam
Sotterly church was a spontaneous decision on the way back from Ravingham with Rupert. He'd been before, but this time we went across the fields. What a glorious approach, over a style, beware of the cattle if you have dogs (as some people have been killed (a new line) in other places), into a classic… Continue reading September Sotterly Hornbeam