Treswell Wood

A winter walk

Treswell Wood is ancient woodland near to where I live.  It's a wonderful, wild place that is part of Notts Wildlife Trust and managed with ecology at the forefront.  Today I took photos with stripes in mind.

In the recent high winds several trees have blown down 

creating diagonal stripes across the vertical ones

A hurdle shelter at the back of a rustic seat.
The impressions of trees behind the hurdle is yet another stripe.

Charcoal is made in the wood and these are the coppiced hazel

 branches ready for the next firing.

These are thicker branches and this time the stripes have pale,
round ends where they have been cut down.

These stripes have been tied together to make bean poles for next summers gardeners.

These are neatly cut and stacked to make fence posts.

A bit more casual.

Stripes in the landscape

More stripes in the landscape

The line of the trees threw stripes shadows

The bark of an ash tree 

Not stripes but the fallen crab apples looked like jewels in the sunshine

Treswell Wood is a fantastic, peaceful place but there's so much going on in the wood.

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