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This week
Saturday听21 July听2007
This week, Richard Uridge is in Rockingham Forest in Northamptonshire, and learns听that a forest doesn't necessarily mean trees.
Rockingham Forest听 was once听extensive-- covering 听from Stamford in the north down to Northampton in the south. It was bordered East and West by the rivers Welland and Nene. It was established by William I, as a hunting preserve and has had royal connections ever since. Today, the forest covers a much smaller area --听Stamford down to the听A14, still bordered by the two rivers -- 听and what remains听is managed by the听
Richard takes a walk in the forest with Dr. Peter Hill, who explains how being in a forest doesn鈥檛 necessarily mean seeing many听trees. He also shows Richard the best remaining example of an
Richard then gets to know a bit about the people and places that remain in the forest. He goes to听to see how an old quarry has become a popular nature park. He later joins听 Tom Day and Henry Stanier from the localwho explain to him how they are trying to reconnect separate bits of woodland to encourage听the spread of rare insects and animals.听
Finally, Richard goes into a wood in Pipewell. There he sees听Hugh Ross and Carolyn Church, who bought the听30-acre 听to bring back the ancient arts of coppicing and charcoal making.
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