When the colliery closed, the spoil heap of Princess Colliery was planted with trees to stabilise the slope. Since then, the trees have grown up and been joined by many “self-setters”. The trees are now being thinned. This photo, taken from Yorkley Wood by Robin Phelps, shows the valley of the river Lyd enveloped in…

The recent wet weather has given rise to unusual moss growth on the forest floor. The moss is growing on the stems of very small saplings.

Recent heavy rain has washed soil from a small section of the Oakwood tramway exposing the ballast. The red colouration indicates that some of the ballast may well have come from one of the Oakwood Mill iron ore levels a mile up the valley. The arrangement of blocks in the photo show that this is…

Some trees that were damaging the tramway wall have been removed by the Foresters’ Forest project.

The stone was reset at ground level. (photo: The Forester 19 June 2019) This stone DF 37 was found in a garden in Whitecroft in early 2019. The discovery was described in The Forester of 19 June 2019.The article went on to mention stone 42 at Pastor’s Hill here: “… stone 39 was found in…