This post is an experiment and example of how to integrate and using the new collaborative pastorm site with your posts/ and sites ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————– Back to a good old fashioned micro explore on Timehikes, and it doesn’t get more micro than the local housing estate; Leyfield’s and more precisely Wigginton parks whose regal history was talked [...]
Archive for the ‘Historic trees’ Category
foray into Wigginton Park
Posted in Historic trees, Pastorm, Wigginton Park on August 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A single oak tree
Posted in Historic trees, tagged hedges, trees on March 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Spring has started so fitting to go back and renew this blog which I´ve abandoned over the last few weeks. continuing with the very delayed ancient tree series on Tamworth, came along what must be one of the oldest trees in the area. An oak tree well hidden among a hedge between the river Anker [...]
adding a whole avenue of trees
Posted in Historic trees, tagged moathouse, Tamworth, trees on February 21, 2011 | 3 Comments »
On my search for ancient and venerable trees in the Tamworth area I came along this from the endless resource of Charles Ferrers Raymund Palmer´s book on Tamworth. When Charles focused on a building, boy did he focus on it, his writings on the Moathouse throw up all sorts of info as if gone through [...]
Adding trees
Posted in Historic trees, tagged Tamworth, trees on February 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A number of factors have induced me to write this new series adding trees, especially old trees to the Timehikes blog(might even get round to adding people at some point!). Firstly the Government crazy woodland sell off and the campaign to stop it, there´s been loads of really good arguments against it, for example Outlandish [...]