A Cheddar Visit At Last, Part VII,' Across Fields & Streams Heading For Long Wood Area'.
Channel: semw52
Date: 2023-08-27

Just a reminder that  for a  month I felt very tired  either thru a virus, ticks but not sure but not my usual self and the fatique was affecting me  by this stage of the hike--a hike I have done many times so I reckon a virus...Anyway I was still enjoying the walk, the countryside and the fish and chips at the end of the day was the reward...Long Wood was off bounds due ti Ash-Die back tree disease so I decided just to skirt the wood---this wood is a beautiful place and especially in the Spring when full of bluebells and blankets of white garlic---which I have videoed before and can be found on YT--It has the stream  running thru and little tracks weaving throughout where families with small children love to wander BUT unfortunately the foresters have had to seal it off  for safety reasons--trees riddled with disease can literally just collapse with a thud.Therefore the  little paths have been deliberately obstructed with the dead trees and signs erected warning people--Si I just say Hi as I walk bye hoping the wood will heal.----A magical place with its musical streams, mosses and ferns and pot holes and caves---massive caves underneath linking with Cheddar Gorge--also a bit spooky..... Anyway I do spot a small roe deer jumpy high in the crop field but it soon disappears and I go on heading for the junction point where  I started hours earlier for Velvet Bottom but I will be turning off for Piney Sleights and back to Cheddar as shown in the next  and last video------memory card low and  cameras batteries and chargers low---But I have walked here many times over the years and my videos can be found on YT