Forestry tracks

Over recent months the forestry have been cleaning the main forest tracks of encroachment, returning them to their supposed width; they look quite grand with a meter or two having been added to many. The machinists who undertake such work are skilled in just skimming off what is required; I've seen at close quarter what these skilled operators can do in an archaeological trench, taking the soil down centimetres at a time, it's impressive to watch. 

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.