I am siting on a fallen tree in a small area of alder carr near Hitchin. I have cycled passed it many times but never stopped to look at...

9.30am, 6 April I walk up the sunken trackway from Clunton to the wooden gate. The catch clunks loudly as I open it and enter the woods....

Clunton, Shropshire, 4 April, 9.15pm The spring wind is cool, ering on the side of cold. Clouds still reflect the distant flow of western...

Sowdley Wood, Clunton, Shropshire, 2 April, 11am Entering the wood at the top of the sunken track, edged by arching hazel and steep banks...

Clunton, Shropshire, April 1st, 5.30pm. Bright spring sunshine warms the cheeks within a cool breeze as I sit outside our holiday lodge...