Wizard SteveMay 237 min readFloraSome WillowsThe Willow family includes Willow, Poplar, Aspen and Cottonwood. The oldest Willow fossils found are from the early Eocene epoch in North...
Wizard SteveFeb 225 min readFloraSome other conifersConifers date back to around the Carboniferous period of the Paleozoic era over 300 million years ago; a time when much of the world’s...
Wizard SteveFeb 54 min readFloraSome Pine treesTo follow on from the post ‘Some fungi’, I thought that I would continue in the same vain. It’s taken me a while to collate all the flora...
Wizard SteveMay 14, 20233 min readLakes & PondsWeir Wood Reservoir and Stone Farm RocksWe left Forest Row by returning back towards Hindleap. Instead of turning left at the crossroads to Twyford, I turned right. A few...
Wizard SteveMar 14, 20235 min readWoodlandKing’s WoodOnce I’d made up my mind that I was moving on, I concentrated on getting ready for the off. I said my farewells to all. Some tried to...
Wizard SteveJan 10, 20234 min readNew ForestOn the road again - 10 - The New Forest, part 2 - BolderwoodI headed back along the track and turned right onto the road to continue on. The road dropped under the main A31 East-West road across...
Wizard SteveDec 31, 20222 min readWeatherSurviving freezing temperaturesSince arriving at Chilham, for the first month, it rained, pretty much constantly. Then it snowed. That was followed by freezing...
Wizard SteveNov 26, 20222 min readWeatherRainThere has been an awful lot of rain since I’ve been here. I have not been able to forage for firewood as often as I would like, but I...
Wizard SteveNov 7, 20222 min readWoodlandPerry Wood, part 2The evening was quite rowdy with young folk running about in the woods. They were no bother, though. It was fascinating hearing their...
Wizard SteveNov 6, 20222 min readWoodlandPerry Wood, part 1Getting to Perry Wood was interesting! I turned out of the car park and headed back the way I’d come in. I then continued on to Tyler...
Wizard SteveOct 28, 20223 min readWoodlandEast Blean WoodsOn leaving Reculver, I immediately hit a problem. A diversion. It took me all the way across to Herne Bay before picking up a road that...
Wizard SteveOct 20, 20221 min readMarshesStod (or Stud) MarshIt was a beautiful warm morning. So, I decided to explore the marshes to the southwest of Grove Ferry. Stod, or originally, and sometimes...
Wizard SteveOct 18, 20222 min readKentGrove FerryI was late up in the morning. I was surprised, as there was no sign of the farmer and his spraying equipment. I had a cup of tea while I...
Wizard SteveOct 16, 20223 min readTowns & VillagesBarhamI got sidetracked one more day at the campsite with mixing up medicinal herbs. I was also rinsing through my stash of emergency firewood....
Wizard SteveOct 8, 20223 min readBy The SeaLydd on SeaLydd on Sea is a post war village on the East coast of Walland Marsh near Dungeness Point. The vast majority of the homes there are...
Wizard SteveOct 5, 20223 min readBy The SeaPett LevelThe problem with where we were parked is that it is also a very popular site, particularly for dog walkers. After saying that, every dog...
Wizard SteveJul 22, 20221 min readAncient MonumentsOn the road again - 8 - Pewsey Vale, part 2 - A walk to AveburyA couple of days into my stay there a fella called Mark, a very peaceful man who spent much of his time playing a hang, Kylie, who had...
Wizard SteveJun 10, 20224 min readHealthAn operationOne day, out of the blue, I received a telephone call. It was from the local hospital. There had been a cancellation, meaning that a slot...
Wizard SteveApr 22, 20223 min readStable DoorDodgy deals and weather chaosI forgot to mention in my last general post about the logs I was given. A bloke stopped by. During the conversation, he mentioned that he...
Wizard SteveMar 29, 20222 min readWeatherWindfall and flyers, etc.A lad appeared one day asking for directions to a road that is about half a mile away. He told me that he had walked from town. He had...