A few weeks ago I discovered Ashley's Plantation, an area of deciduous woodland about half a mile outside the village. Some years ago a villager named Ashley planted hundreds of saplings in a low-lying field with a stream running next to it. He was a bachelor and when he died he left the field to the Woodland Trust on condition that it should be open to the public. The trees are now quite mature and in need of some attention, especially the entrance area, but the "plantation" has a certain charm, even on a cold winter's day when the trees are without leaves and its boggy underfoot. Now that I've discovered the plantation I will visit it again and see what it looks like in the different seasons.
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