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From haunted spring and grassy ring Troop goblin, elf and fairy, And the kelpie must flit from the black bog pit, And the brownie must not tarry. Unknown Cornish Poet

It’s hard to remember to look up when out in the forest, especially as there’s so much going on at ground level. The beech trees bare winter canopy, feature heavily in The Woodlander. It allows the cold light to spill down to the forest floor, as well as providing such a great backdrop to theContinue reading “Winter Canopy”

I think the time when fungi send up their spore bearing bodies (think toadstools and mushrooms) could be nearly over for the year. This one though, doesn’t seem to want to stand down from protecting whatever lives in the cave beyond.

The things you find in the local woods! This could be a start idea of a new storyline … Who built it? Where does it lead? Is it a portal to a parallel world?

The amazing ivy clutching to the old beech trees in Lambridge Woods, South Oxfordshire, were the inspiration of how Nash coerced Leo to leave the ground for the first time in her life. With a woodland ladder like this … why wouldn’t you have a go at tree climbing?

You see, in The Woodlander … snow has been kept at bay by a powerful enchantment over the Great Copse. It really does give away any animal paths or secret entry points, through the impenetrable line of trees.

So this is one of my favourite forests in the area. It’s just off Maidensgrove Common in the Chiltern Hills. It’s the inspiration of so much in The Woodlander, but in particular, Chapter Thirteen: Above the Hazels … where Silva Holt takes a new path to find specimens to study and ends up the curlyContinue reading “Curly Oak Forest”