Warwickslade

The evening forest is flooded with the warmth and light of a low sun, orange hues are projected on to the majestic trees, tall and bold, happy in the positions they have held for hundreds of years. Brinken Wood was full of unseen movement, noise of that movement frequently heard and yet nothing; constantly drawn to scan by noises distant and nearby, although never identifying the perpetrator. Warwickslade Cutting, a small waterway, formally ran through Brinken Wood parallel to Warwick Slade, an open area of heather and grass, heretofore a straight cut drain  is now returned to its older meandering route; 100 year plus Oak trees through one area drastically thinned, to continue the open area of the Slade, create a beautiful grass covered space.  The area of Brinken Wood between the current and old courses of the cutting is returning to wet woodland and remains waterlogged in places. Warwickslade cutting will soon join Highland Water and travel on to the sea through Lymington.