Would you believe that these fallen boughs are still standing where they were placed after nearly 20 years, but they're the remains of a wooden teepee shelter built here in the 90's. Amazing, isn't it. This transient and ephemeral structure, probably thrown up in an afternoon, still has a presence (if a touch tentatively) in the woods. It doesn't look much now, but it was a fine structure back in the day, tightly well fitting boughs made for a teepee like shelter which could afforded a degree of protection from the elements... as long as those elements didn't get too tasty. You wouldn't know it was ever anything man made if passing by, and that got me thinking, I wonder how many shelter remains I must unknowingly pass whilst out walking.
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