Spring … in Tyrrel’s Wood: 23 March 2019
Tyrrel’s Wood has been a managed woodland since at least 1251, though the present extent has later plantation additions. Here I’m walking along the ancient wood-bank … and thus I claim it for the #2019picoftheweek challenge title: ( just) Into the Woods …
[For details of #2019picoftheweek challenge see MariaAntonia]
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Ooh, looks magical! I think it’s that tree in the middle.
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I thank you, Maria. People have odd ideas about ancient woodland; that there they’ll encounter mega-girthed trees. But woodland remained woodland because it was profitable. Trees were felled for timber while still of a size to be easily cut. But mostly it was ‘poles’ that were taken. Poles are versatile, can be used for chairs, table, spoons, handles, you name it. And so in an ancient woodland you find loads of boles with multiple trunks springing from them. As here.
Tyrrels Wood was used mainly for hornbeam and holly, though birch spring up in abundance whenever the canopy is opened.
It is, indeed, a magical place, as much for its history as for its fungi and flora.
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Woahh. Amazing picture💕
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Again, I thank you. Perhaps my love of the subject shines through.
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Yes. This is the exact point.
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Okay. I smile. I accept. Yes, I do have a love of the subject.
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😃😁
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perfect photo of an idyllic wood…
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It is indeed an idyllic wood. With free access to the public (which is a rarity)
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Beautifully magical.
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I wanted to capture spring, and although there are a few flower shots to post tomorrow, this woodland says it even better.
Guess I was thinking of you weather-beleagued transatlantic bloggers and thought you might appreciate it.
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So very kind of you to allow us to live vicariously through you 😉
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I know you don’t mean that sarcastically. I know that’s just my paranoia kicking in. Isn’t it?
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Absolutely!
I don’t have a sarcastic bone in my body – 😀
All jokes aside, no paranoia necessary here. I am simply teasing to cover up my jealousy.
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But when the weather clears, you have such beauty there, and space like … well. you know how cramped we Brits live.
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Oh, fear not… I shall deliver on the beauty, too 😉 Right now all the snow is ugly and dirty but when that blasted stuff is gone…
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Patience, Dale. Then you can flash Canada’s natural beauties at me.
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Will do!
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I wait upon it. 🙂
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Looks so peaceful and lovely…and yes, I’ll go along with everyone who said “magical” 🙂
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I thank you. More photos from the woods posting later today.
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Most welcome 🙂
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