Winscombe to Cheddar Hike, Part VII, 'Cow-Free Fields to long Wood'
Channel: semw52
Date: 2022-03-22

After leaving the AONB I hike across several fields on route to Long Wood crossing a small Cheddar  Road and a stream and then after climbing over 2 stiles I enter Long Wood.The forestry commission had placed signs up in October 2021  stating the wood was to be closed over the winter months for maintenance--I honored their request and stayed a way but  on my return in March 2022 there is very little evidence of any felling---some trees fallen by the recent storms this year...apart from that it looked the same for this time of year-----but all this will change by the beginning of May when the Bluebells and Wild White garlic flowers appear like huge blankets of blue and white here---that is when I will return again.But today the stream is busy, the mosses and lichens lush covering the trees like warm woolly jumpers.Not a soul  to be heard or seen--no wind--still, quiet and peaceful