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Bridgewood pictures

See also the Bridgewood weblog posts for more about the wood. These pictures are sorted in date order so you can see how the site has progressed.

Eric's Gate (4 Apr 10)
Eric's Gate at Bridgewood made by EricStanton in summer 2009.

Whipping Frame (4 Apr 10)
Whipping Frame and leather cuffs in the Glade at Bridgewood. The frame was made in summer 2009, using hazel poles cut in the wood a few days earlier.

North Ride with felled trees (8 Mar 10)
A stretch of the North Ride, on the the right of the photo, with a row of felled poplars that I took down to let more light in and encourage more undergrowth to come up. The crowns of these bigger trees will also provide some screening near the boundary of the wood for a few years. Once the brambles, grasses, nettles, and other annuals have grown up, these branches will be draped with a tangle of stems that will even last through the winter.

A buzzard, perched high in the branches (8 Mar 10)
On the day I took this picture of a buzzard, high in the branches of an ash tree, there seemed to be several buzzards around, soaring overhead or flying out into the fields and then back into the high trees in the wood. The pheasants were understandably quite skittish too!

Start of the North Ride (1 Nov 09)
Start of the North Ride, taken from the T-Junction with the Middle and South rides on Hallowe'en 2009. Up until it was widened and opened up to the sky, it had just been a narrow track through the woods.

Buzzard, in the Glade at Bridgewood (27 Sep 09)
A common buzzard, perched on one of the tree stumps in the Glade. I got this one picture before it decided to fly off into the trees. The buzzards have been spotted several times in the area of the Glade and the adjoining stretch of the Middle Ride, and opening up these spaces has probably encouraged them, as they prefer the edges of woodlands rather than dense areas.

Cage pit (2 Sep 09)
Camera phone picture of the interior of the cage pit. There's another picture showing its weather proof cover. It's about 3ft deep, with a foot or so above ground. The wooden floor isn't visible.

Cage pit (2 Sep 09)
Camera phone picture of the upper part of the cage pit's walls and its roofing-felt covered top. There's another picture showing inside.

Ladder Rack (19 Aug 09)
Built by EricStanton and PhoenixAmber, and mentioned in this weblog post.

Radio box (27 Jul 09)

Whipping-frame, picnic tables, and camp fire (27 Jul 09)
Camp-fire of seasoned hazel logs in the Glade, near the picnic tables and a tripod made of freshly cut hazel poles.

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