Ode to Oakley Wood
Our Chairman reveals her hidden talents in this poem inspired by the wood. Thank you Liz!
Inspired by the wood
Many of us have been inspired by the wood and by our visits there. Here is a collection of things inspired by time spent in Oakley Wood or other woodland.
Photos for your desktop
At the recent AGM, someone admired (thank you) the photo of Oakley Wood that I was using as the background on my laptop, and I promised I would make it available. It and another I […]
A Happy New Year for 2024
I missed getting out a Christmas greeting, but – as they say – a Happy New Year to all our readers! There’s been lots of rain lately and the new paths in the wood are […]
The Ephemeral Seat
I made a seat for the wood from brash that was lying about, mostly just to see if I could. No screws or nails, just jointed wood. It seemed OK and surprisingly strong, so I […]
Cryptic Woodland Quiz – answers
Well, Cathy had us all stumped with her quiz. No-one got it all right. The questions are here, and these are the answers: Acorn Badger Sycamore Woodcock Beech Roe deer Hedgehog Walnut Lichen Wood anemone […]
Cryptic Woodland Quiz
At our last AGM the evening’s entertainment included a cryptic quiz about the wood to test your brain, devised by our Cathy Kennedy. We’re repeating it here for those who may have missed it. If […]
Sights of Summer
In case you haven’t made it to the wood recently, here are a few pictures of summer I took last week. The pretty Herb-robert, a type of cranesbill Red campion Hedge woundwort, historically used for […]
A Spring walk with my camera
It’s a beautiful morning and I’ve come to the wood to collect the memory card from the trail camera. I park at the south-east corner of the wood. As I enter, barely twelve steps in, […]
Memories of Oakley Wood
Anne Chambers has known Oakley Wood for nearly eight decades. Here she shares some of her childhood memories of the wood.
The Way Through The Woods
One of Wendy’s favourite poems, “The Way Through the Woods” by Rudyard Kipling, is superimposed on a photograph she took in Oakley Wood