tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23215796607415872862024-02-07T00:55:23.986-05:00Hebe's WoodA Woodland Restoration Project. In the last 10 years or so this 45 acre site in Rutland, UK has not been farmed, and already there are 20 foot trees and other woodland plants reclaiming the ancient woodland ground.
Our aim is to help nature reclaim this corner of Leighfield Forest. We would welcome your participation in our project.Keith Rowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10479265426594851362noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321579660741587286.post-52014599546157602122013-08-10T23:34:00.001-04:002013-08-10T23:44:44.740-04:00Summer's Day 2013<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/OtlPoBsYeR8?rel=0&autoplay=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Keith Rowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10479265426594851362noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321579660741587286.post-42477055159429490772012-12-25T19:48:00.000-05:002013-08-29T16:07:19.425-04:00Welcome<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hebe’s Wood is a 45 acre site in Rutland, UK. It used to be three fields, a
plantation of about 12 acres planted around 1995, and Bushy Wood, an
ancient coppice wood. In the last 10 years or so the three fields have
not been farmed, and already there are 20 foot trees and other woodland
plants reclaiming the ancient woodland ground.<br />
Our aim is to help nature reclaim this corner of Leighfield Forest. We would welcome your participation in our project.<br />
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Keith Rowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10479265426594851362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321579660741587286.post-35035066685398441012012-07-07T18:27:00.001-04:002012-07-15T10:36:56.185-04:00The Lighting of the Beacon<br />
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Strange rituals by moonlight.</div>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/a_9v_r9gRa0?rel=0" width="420"></iframe>Keith Rowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10479265426594851362noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321579660741587286.post-54108866893621998922012-06-18T15:59:00.003-04:002012-07-21T18:10:28.375-04:00The Building of the Beacon<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice day for a beacon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gathering faggots</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"It went up so quickly!"</td></tr>
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Hebe’s Wood is situated about 2½ miles west of <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=9530262615112077127&q=Rutland+Water,+rutland,+uk&hl=en&ved=0CBMQ-gswAA&sa=X&ei=nKRwT_egH5KUzgSbyt3jCw&sig2=V5ldsMQtikL99RtcWfx4fw" target="_blank">Rutland Water</a>. It is situated on a ridge less than a mile south of <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/place?ftid=0x487781dac7909fc9:0xda085a58a42081b8&q=Braunston-in-Rutland,+rutland,+uk&hl=en&ved=0CA0Q-gswAA&sa=X&ei=-aRwT_T7CpycygTs96GFAw&sig2=b8e6V_6WEKpxv0jJegg2zg" target="_blank">Braunston-in-Rutland</a> village (not to be confused with nearby Braunston in Northamptonshire or Braunstone in Leicestershire).</div>
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In the aerial photograph, we have a picture of Hebe’s Wood in 2005. Taken from the south, you can just see <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/place?ftid=0x487781dac7909fc9:0xda085a58a42081b8&q=Braunston-in-Rutland,+rutland,+uk&hl=en&ved=0CA0Q-gswAA&sa=X&ei=-aRwT_T7CpycygTs96GFAw&sig2=b8e6V_6WEKpxv0jJegg2zg" target="_blank">Braunston village</a> in the top right hand corner. The road coming south out of Braunston is called Wood Lane and leads directly to our wood (but only if you carry straight on at the top of the hill instead of carrying on round to the left on your way to <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/place?ftid=0x487782209dfb55d9:0x4f24a47697007099&q=Ridlington,+rutland,+uk&hl=en&ved=0CA0Q-gswAA&sa=X&ei=NqVwT4rxM4SozATAruCFAw&sig2=t6K9v21ePrqFnZjLw9P7lw" target="_blank">Ridlington</a>).</div>
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On the picture we have put a yellow line round the boundary of our wood. You will not find Hebe’s Wood on any ordnance survey map (SK80/90 entitled Rutland Water), but you should find Bushy Wood, part of Hebe’s Wood and adjoining HaycockSpinney.</div>
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The pale blue bridleway crosses the wood near the south-east border. This is part of an ancient <span style="color: blue;" title="a type of road, usually an unpaved rural route">Green Lane</span> joining Braunston with Launde to the south. As the brideway enters Hebe’s Wood from the north, the picture shows it going through a tree-lined path (still known as Wood Lane) before opening out into the field. Just before the bridleway leaves the Wood at the south edge it passes one of the four ponds (you can’t see any of these from above as they are covered by a tree canopy.)</div>
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The white footpath also comes up from Braunston across the fields. It allows the walker to see all the fields, the plantation and one of the ponds. It enters the wood across a narrow footbridge, through the eastern field, and enters the plantation for a while. It crosses the other two fields and skirts a pond just before leaving the wood.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The photo shows the three very different parts of Hebe’s Wood:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Bushy Wood</b></span><span style="font-size: small;">. This is in the middle of the dark green area on the north-west side of the picture. It is a .7 hectare fragment of ancient semi-natural woodland and has been traditionally managed as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coppicing" target="_blank">coppice</a>, but this regime ceased probably in the 19<sup>th</sup></span><span style="font-size: small;"> century. The woodlands have developed into high forest</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Plantation</b></span><span style="font-size: small;">. Surrounding Bushy Wood, with the footpath crossing the south-east corner, 3.7ha was planted in 1994 as a native broad leaf plantation</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>3 Fields.</b></span><span style="font-size: small;"> 12.1ha was agricultural land comprising 3 fields, two of which were pasture land and the largest, most easterly one, was cultivated. They have now been left untouched for at least the last 10 years and are reverting to natural woodland.</span></div>
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Hebe’s Wood is surrounded by species-rich hedges. The hedge on the north side is of particular interest as it marks the ancient boundary between the parish of <a href="http://www.rutnet.co.uk/pp/gold/viewgold.asp?ID=391" target="_blank">Braunston </a>and Leighfield Forest. </div>
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It would be great to have a current picture of the wood from the same position. It would show a different place. The plantation has grown considerably and the canopy has now closed up. From on high you might not be able to see the difference between the plantation and Bushy Wood. In fact Bushy Wood might appear a little less closed as we have recently removed the non-native sycamore trees which were beginning to change the character of the wood.</div>
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And surely you would see how the fields are now being colonized from the hedgerows and Bushy Wood. We are told that in the late 1990s the last cultivation on the eastern field to occur was mole ploughing (a deep, single-bladed plough typically used on wet ground to help with drainage). The conjecture is that <a href="http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/j/jay/" target="_blank">Jays</a> found the result to be a perfect environment to hide acorns which may explain the many oaks in this field. Another notable feature are the number of volunteer (self-sown) ash trees, especially in and around Bushy Wood.</div>
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We should also be able to see the intended “rides” that we have mown through the emerging woodland. (A path or track becomes a ride at the point when it is wide enough for there to be a gap in the canopy above the ride which allows sunlight to reach the ground). They should encourage a larger range of species and are very important to achieving our long-term aims for the wood. Many species make regular use of the edge habitats of woods for feeding due to higher herb layer productivity and larger invertebrate populations. A greater number of species inhabit the first 10 metres of any woodland edge or ride edge than inhabit the remainder of the woodland. These rides are now permissive footpaths across the 3 fields allowing walkers greater access to the wood. “Ride” is an unfortunate name, as the last thing we want is for people on horse-back or bicycles to be using these paths. See <span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/ewgs-on011-ride-mangt.pdf/$FILE/ewgs-on011-ride-mangt.pdf">www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/ewgs-on011-ride-mangt.pdf/$FILE/ewgs-on011-ride-mangt.pdf</a></u></span> for more details.</div>
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<br />Keith Rowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10479265426594851362noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321579660741587286.post-63504542082756220762012-03-26T13:30:00.000-04:002014-12-02T13:28:52.084-05:00Hebe's Wood Recent History<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hebe’s Wood is a 45 acre site in
Rutland that Suzie Manley and Min Burdett inherited from our Aunt,
Betty Duffus. It used to be three fields, a
plantation of about 12 acres which Betty planted around 1995, and
Bushy Wood, an ancient coppice wood. In the last 10 years or so the three
fields have not been farmed, and already there are 20 foot trees and
other woodland plants reclaiming the ancient woodland ground.</div>
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Hebe "pronounced (Heebee)" is the godess of youth and regeneration, and,
from memory, the cup-bearer for the gods. It is also the name of my
grandmother who gloried in the name of Hebe Ellen Etheldreda Curwin
Collis. (My father, Arlingham Jerome D'Arcy Burdett was let of lightly
when it came to the naming thing). Collis and Co were hop merchants
in the city of London. When her only brother died in 1948 Hebe went
from being a penniless wife of a Burdett to a minor heiress when the
hop merchants was sold. She bought Chapter Farm for her daughter Betty
(not my mother, my aunt) and then Dad joined in in 1958 when he left
the Navy. So we thought it very appropriate that the wood was named
after her.
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Keith Rowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10479265426594851362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321579660741587286.post-65348920211070528192012-03-12T00:35:00.000-04:002012-06-19T12:34:20.940-04:00tool tips<br />
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</span>Keith Rowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10479265426594851362noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321579660741587286.post-8032756553740493142012-02-28T06:37:00.000-05:002012-07-21T18:11:13.678-04:00Conservation Projects<br />
The furrowing of ditches along the edges of the bridal way (for drainage) are an upcoming project. When the rain to recedes enough that the equipment won't get stuck we can begin.<br />
<br />Keith Rowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10479265426594851362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321579660741587286.post-6914011050208204652012-02-27T06:36:00.000-05:002012-07-21T18:11:34.461-04:00What We're Doing With the Wood<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Keith Rowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10479265426594851362noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321579660741587286.post-85005602298184846612012-02-21T16:25:00.000-05:002012-07-21T18:12:35.606-04:00Link to Email<br />
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<br />Keith Rowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10479265426594851362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321579660741587286.post-48846186821701475832012-02-21T14:07:00.000-05:002013-01-16T11:19:57.651-05:00Friends of Hebe's Wood<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"Great Food" UK featured this excellent description of <a href="http://www.greatfoodmag.co.uk/pub-walk-braunston-in-rutland/" target="_blank">a walk through Hebe's Wood</a> that includes links to the Braunston Pubs "<a href="http://www.theblueballbraunston.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Blue Ball</a>" and "<a href="http://www.rutnet.co.uk/customers/oldplough/default.htm" target="_blank">The Old Plough</a>". The editorial leads back to Braunston, over Hebe's wood via the bridleway. The map also shows the footpath which is marked in black as a dotted line. This path has been well maintained with new bridges, and hurdles. Both paths lead back to Braunston and a sit down at a fine Pub, so either way, you can't go wrong.<br />
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Dear reader / hiking enthusiast, we would appreciate some reference to maps and descriptions of the walks that pass through Hebe's Wood. Any links or reference would be appreciated.<br />
<br />Keith Rowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10479265426594851362noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321579660741587286.post-46746426253505544422012-02-20T15:21:00.000-05:002012-07-21T18:13:25.752-04:00Getting There<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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These links will help you find your way to Hebe's Wood. <br />
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<li><b><a href="http://hebeswood.blogspot.com/2012/07/location.html">Map</a></b></li>
<li><a href="http://hebeswood.blogspot.com/2012/07/by-car.html"><b>By Car</b></a></li>
<li><b><a href="http://hebeswood.blogspot.com/2012/07/walks.html">Walks</a> </b><br /><br />
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<li><b><a href="http://www.theblueballbraunston.co.uk/">The Blue Ball Inn</a></b></li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.rutnet.co.uk/customers/oldplough/default.htm">The Old Plough Pub</a></b></li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.rutlandbedandbreakfast.co.uk/">Gable Cottage B&B</a></b></li>
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<li><b><a href="http://hebeswood.blogspot.com/2012/01/map-of-what-youll-see-there.html">Map</a> </b>a chart showing trails and boundaries<b> </b></li>
<li><a href="http://hebeswood.blogspot.com/2012/07/descriptions-with-photos.html"><b>Description with Photos</b></a><b> </b>???<b> </b></li>
<li><b><a href="http://hebeswood.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2030-12-25T19:48:00-05:00&max-results=1">Log with Photos (Blog)</a> </b>current events </li>
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<li><a href="http://hebeswood.blogspot.com/2012/07/lighting-of-beacon.html">Moonlight Ritual</a></li>
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<br />Keith Rowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10479265426594851362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321579660741587286.post-13310318684456932842012-02-14T17:18:00.000-05:002012-07-21T18:14:17.324-04:00Send in Photos<br />
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<br />Keith Rowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10479265426594851362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321579660741587286.post-28437960218879502952012-02-14T15:25:00.000-05:002012-07-21T18:14:29.801-04:00Coming by Car<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking toward Braunston. Wood lane to the fore and rear, Braunston Rd to the right.</td></tr>
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It is possible to drive to the edge of Hebe's Wood. From Braunston Church, go down to the lowest part of the village where Wood Lane starts. After about half a mile the road bends round to the left, but you should carry straight on (the picture above shows the view of the bend as you come away from the wood looking towards Braunston).<br />
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The road, still called Wood Lane, was once tarmacked, but is now quite rough. Carry on to an area with three locked gates - you can go no further. You can park here, but be careful to leave enough room for horses to continue up the bridleway. Alternatively, you can park on the side of Wood Lane before it narrows. However, remember that the lane is used by large agricultural vehicles, so please do not block gates or prevent access to the top of the lane.<br />
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<br />Keith Rowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10479265426594851362noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321579660741587286.post-10732754683059708742012-02-08T06:49:00.000-05:002012-07-21T18:15:00.442-04:00Descriptions with PhotosDescriptions with Photos contentKeith Rowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10479265426594851362noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321579660741587286.post-90355971065285552802012-02-07T16:05:00.000-05:002012-09-15T12:39:15.409-04:00Invitation to Join<br />
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<br />Keith Rowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10479265426594851362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321579660741587286.post-47627484455170706902012-02-07T13:42:00.000-05:002014-12-02T13:27:21.746-05:00Leighfield Forest<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leighfield" target="_blank">History of Leighfield Forest</a>Keith Rowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10479265426594851362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321579660741587286.post-45747759879137055502012-01-23T20:57:00.000-05:002012-07-21T18:15:33.322-04:00Map of What You'll See There<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Yellow = Boundary</span></b></div>
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The pale blue bridleway crosses the wood near the south-east border. This is part of an ancient <span style="color: blue;" title="a type of road, usually an unpaved rural route">Green Lane</span> joining Braunston with Launde to the south. As the brideway enters Hebe’s Wood from the north, the picture shows it going through a tree-lined path (still known as Wood Lane) before opening out into the field. Just before the bridleway leaves the Wood at the south edge it passes one of the four ponds (you can’t see any of these from above as they are covered by a tree canopy.)</div>
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The white footpath also comes up from Braunston across the fields. It allows the walker to see all the fields, the plantation and one of the ponds. It enters the wood across a narrow footbridge, through the eastern field, and enters the plantation for a while. It crosses the other two fields and skirts a pond just before leaving the wood.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The photo shows the three very different parts of Hebe’s Wood:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Bushy Wood</b></span><span style="font-size: small;">. This is in the middle of the dark green area on the north-west side of the picture. It is a .7 hectare fragment of ancient semi-natural woodland and has been traditionally managed as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coppicing" target="_blank">coppice</a>, but this regime ceased probably in the 19<sup>th</sup></span><span style="font-size: small;"> century. The woodlands have developed into high forest</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Plantation</b></span><span style="font-size: small;">. Surrounding Bushy Wood, with the footpath crossing the south-east corner, 3.7ha was planted in 1994 as a native broad leaf plantation</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>3 Fields.</b></span><span style="font-size: small;"> 12.1ha was agricultural land comprising 3 fields, two of which were pasture land and the largest, most easterly one, was cultivated. They have now been left untouched for at least the last 10 years and are reverting to natural woodland.</span></div>
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Hebe’s Wood is surrounded by species-rich hedges. The hedge on the north side is of particular interest as it marks the ancient boundary between the parish of <a href="http://www.rutnet.co.uk/pp/gold/viewgold.asp?ID=391" target="_blank">Braunston </a>and Leighfield Forest. </div>
<br />Keith Rowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10479265426594851362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2321579660741587286.post-71317462834993180542012-01-11T09:46:00.000-05:002012-06-16T09:46:36.104-04:00gr code<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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this is the gr code to Hebe's wood.<br />
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