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Bourne Road, GRANTHAM, NG33 5JW

Parked in a farm gateway at Firs Farm this harrow was catching the late afternoon sun. Easton Wood in Image is on the horizon.

Beech to the left, beech to the right and birch straight ahead. The path, an old perimeter road left from the North Witham airfield, is covered with beech mast. To follow the walk pick up the images in order. It starts in this square, (no 1), continues into Image and moves into Image before returning to this square and the car park.

This Silver Birch appears to have lost its upper limbs, perhaps during forestry operations nearby. It is actually a bit odd.

Twyford Wood largely covers the site of the former RAF North Witham https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_North_Witham

Setting sun through the trees at Twyford Woods

The Forestry Commission's Twyford Wood photographed during the month of May.

Light at the end of the tunnel. The woodland is very dense in this part of Twyford Wood with beech trees on the right and pine on the left of the path. As the path turns the corner in the centre of the photograph the trees thin out and let more light in. To follow the walk pick up the images in order. It starts in Image, continues into Image and moves into this square, this being the last one before returning to Image

Twyford Wood is an ancient forest which was requisitioned by the RAF in the early 1940s for the construction of North Witham airfield. Decommissioned at the end of the Second World War the site was kept under "care and maintenance" until it was sold back to the Forestry Commission in the early 1960s. There has been an extensive replanting of the site since then and it is open to the public for walking, riding and cycling. The remains of the airfield infrastructure are obvious through the wood, the concrete runways and roads being the most obvious. This photograph shows remnants of a brick wall, part of the buildings on the perimeter of the airfield. These walls are frequent features of this part of the wood, probably something to do with the bomb stores. See http://raf-lincolnshire.info/northwitham/northwitham.htm for detailed history of the site. To follow the walk pick up the images in order. It starts in this square, (no 1), continues into Image and moves into Image before returning to this square and the car park.

Pine on the left and beech on the right in this Forestry Commission woodland. Public access is along old concrete roads and runways of North Witham airfield. See http://raf-lincolnshire.info/northwitham/northwitham.htm To follow the walk pick up the images in order. It starts in Image, continues into Image and moves into this square before returning to Image