Keep off the tracks

If you want to find the real forest, those secluded glades rarely visited by human feet or lesser seen views, you've got to free yourself from the forest's regular tracks and paths; pursue instead one of the multifarious animal tracks that criss cross heath and stand, they're sometimes so ephemeral you may need use the 'force' to follow them, though the rewards are always worth your efforts.

Cauliflower fungus (sparassis spathulata) maybe?

I've seen a lot Cauliflower Fungus (Sparassis crispa) about the forest this year, although I not sure if this isn't something rather special, it's form suggests it could be an example of the much rarer sparassis spathulata; with S.crispa the leaf like lobes are usually looser and more irregular. S.spathulatais is edible too, though whereas I'd likely pick me a chunk of fresh Cauliflower Fungus, I left this beauty on account of it's possible classification as rare. Nice spot though.

Hope fades

Hope is carved into this old Beech in Puckpits, though you'd never know unless you knew. It's was an old carving when I first came across it, now it's all but become invisible, easily overlooked. Maybe it's a reflection on our maelstromic times...hope fades.

The sound of silence

The hushed woods were a paradox, they were so still today, so quiet, that you could hear everything.