Bridgewood Glade

The Glade is a 1000 square metre clearing at the centre of Bridgewood, halfway along the Middle Ride. I use it as my "base of operations" when I'm at the wood, and it functions as the social area on Event Days.

In terms of equipment it hosts the cage pit sunk into the ground, a suspension frame and whipping post, both made from hazel poles.

The picnic table area is popular for people wanting to sit around and chat, and has a bin and an open fire pit, which has been used for cooking baked potatoes and pizzas so far. There is an ever growing wood pile of hazel for fires, drying under corrugated iron in the open air. Before I had the Log Cabin, I set up a tent gazebo for shade or shelter on event days. For bringing equipment and bags from the parking area, there's a trolley provided.

The Middle Ride continues northwards from the Glade up to its termination at the T-Junction where it meets the North and South Rides.

In spring 2011, I added a 5m by 5m log cabin. I'm rearranging the picnic tables area and the fire pit to be closer to the cabin, and to free up more space in the rest of the Glade for visitors with tents.

There's an illustrated account of clearing the trees from the Glade in a weblog post from January 2009.