Simply..another harvest....

30/8/2019

Part of the forest where I live is being harvested and my favoutite forest walk has been closed for a while now. It was quite a shock to see the change! A new road has been put in to take the huge log lorries.

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Viv link

31/8/2019 01:35:31 am

It makes such a big difference when they chop them down. There is a little cottage on the way to ours that used to be on the edge of the forest at one time until they took the trees away - now it looks quite strange in the open.

Freda

31/8/2019 01:38:11 pm

I feel lucky that the felled area isn't visible from the house!

Mary

31/8/2019 03:37:01 am

I guess that constitutes a walk through a horizontal forest. :(

Freda

31/8/2019 01:39:41 pm

Forget 'forest bathing' for a while = like a decade. May have to find another walk but we are not short of forest around here...

cathy

31/8/2019 05:36:18 am

I thought from the first picture you were getting in your supply of firewood. sad to think the forest will be no more, or at least changed forever.

Freda

31/8/2019 01:41:07 pm

It leaves such scars on the landscape though they do replant..but at first it looks like the Somme in World War 1.

julia

31/8/2019 02:04:01 pm

i call these tree murders! it's horrifying, isn't it? freda, for me the strangest thing happened as i scrolled down. i had a waft of the strong scent of pine...as though i was walking thru all that devastation...

Freda

1/9/2019 12:21:06 am

Forestry is a big part of our economy and living in a wooden house and burning wood in my stove I've come to accept that it is a crop...but I do feel for all the red squirrels and the deer and the birds in there.

Julia

1/9/2019 04:38:50 am

Understanding the whole of it makes it easier to bear for sure. But knowing that mature trees will not be back for a human lifetime (or at least half of one!) is hard to grip, isn’t it?

Elizabeth Sandie

31/8/2019 10:52:39 pm

I was fascinated to learn from you that this "crop" was originally grown to make pit props, and of course the mines are now closed. I am sure they will have other uses. Sadly I have no sense of smell. Thank you for taking me on this walk. Loved the unusual ripple effects too!

Freda

1/9/2019 12:22:46 am

It must be so hard to plan for 50 years ahead! I wonder what the trees they are planting now will be used for. It was a lovely walk with you to share it with Elizabeth.

Simply..another harvest....

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