Tales from the wild wood..

[JonnyP]

Superb programme imo.. I would of loved to have a nosey around that wood..

Writer and woodsman Rob Penn begins a year-long project to bring an abandoned woodland, Strawberry Cottage Wood, back to life.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01ndkwq/Tales_from_the_Wild_Wood_Episode_1/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01nj48s/Tales_from_the_Wild_Wood_Episode_2/

[Shewie]

Just watched the second episode, enjoying it so far

[TreeCamper]

Superb programme imo.. I would of loved to have a nosey around that wood..

Writer and woodsman Rob Penn begins a year-long project to bring an abandoned woodland, Strawberry Cottage Wood, back to life.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01ndkwq/Tales_from_the_Wild_Wood_Episode_1/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01nj48s/Tales_from_the_Wild_Wood_Episode_2/

Thanks for posting those links Jonny I have thoroughly enjoyed watching those

TC

[JonnyP]

Thanks for posting those links Jonny I have thoroughly enjoyed watching those

TC

Yeah me too. The presenter comes across well doesn't he.
I would love to meet that tall guy who wore the fluorescent jacket and lives in a wood. He seemed interesting

[happybonzo]

It's a very good programme.
I've met quite a few people like the man in the 2nd prog. A lot of people who work at the coppicing end of Forestry seem to be "damaged by life" in some way. I don't mean that remark to be taken in a derogatory manner. From my own perspective, it helped me come to terms with the loss of my wife.

[paulthefish2009]

Good heads up Jonny,what a lovely programe,the tall welsh guy was interesting,think Iv'e seen or heard of him before somewhere,any one catch his name? Paul

[David_JAFO]

hello,
Good post Jonny. Great programme :wink:
T^
Regards
David

[KaiTheIronHound]

Damn Iplayer and its region lockout. Seems the BBC aint too keen on sharing its programming with the rest of the world :P

[happybonzo]

Damn Iplayer and its region lockout. Seems the BBC aint too keen on sharing its programming with the rest of the world :P

ExPat Shield (http://www.expatshield.com/) is your new best friend ;)

[KaiTheIronHound]

Cheers, will give it a shot mate :)

[happybonzo]

If it doesn't work then get a mate to show how to use Proxy servers

[paul standley]

This is well up my street, thanks for sharing.

Paul.

[JonnyP]

This is well up my street, thanks for sharing.

Paul.

So I see :0)

[jus_young]

Thanks for this Jonny. Just watched the last three episodes and found it fascinating. A well made programme with some good aspects of woodland management and financial considerations brought in that would be worth some serious thought for those novices looking at the viability of such a project.

Looking forward to the next episode now...

[alvino78]

great!!! i'm hooked!!!!! thanks for sharingT^

[paul standley]

Watched the first 3 episodes and loved it, I never saw it advertised so not sure how I missed it - good old i-player.

Strawberry Cottage Wood isn't too far from me actually. I'm doing a similar thing in a smaller wood so I have a lot of empathy with the guy right now.

Paul.

[alvino78]

whens episode 4???????????????????????lol

[paul standley]

Wed 7th Nov BBC 4 think :-)

[Ashley Cawley]

Thanks - Not seen this, I'll check it out this evening.

[Ashley Cawley]

Watched the first episode - enjoyed it, looking forward to watching the next.
T^

[alvino78]

Wed 7th Nov BBC 4 think :-)

cheers paul!

[alvino78]

episode 4...............bob on!!!!!!:happy-clapping:

[alvino78]

the background music to this show is also just as good lol

[JonnyP]

Shall watch ep 4 on iplayer tonight.. :jumping-joy:

[jus_young]

Watched Episode 5 and there are some startling facts in there about charcoal production and imports into the UK. Its a sad fact that, as a population, we are letting ourselves down yet again. I have been just as guilty as many others out there of using the convenient route of 'grab a bag of charcoal while your at Tescos' but I vow to do it no more.

Locally produced charcoal is the next thing to look up.

[jus_young]

That was bleedin' easy

http://www.bulworthyproject.org.uk/outlets.html

[paulthefish2009]

I have used british charcoal before now and got to say it is far,far better than the stuff you would normally buy,burns hotter and longer so although it may cost more you use less. Just wish it was easier to get hold of. Paul

[paul standley]

Me too.... I am also keen to switch to British charcoal, I would be making my own now if I had my own woodland but can't do it in the FC woodland that I coppice.

[alvino78]

I fear it is over!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[butchthedog]

http://www.allotmentforestry.com/fact/Charcoal.htm
This may be of some interest to anyone with the space etc to put into practice

Dave

[Bulworthy Project]

For anyone who missed it, we recently had this link posted on our facebook page: http://kat.ph/usearch/tales%20from%20the%20wild%20wood/ ;)

[Fraser]

Brilliant! I've been looking for this as it looks just my cup of tea. Thanks for the link Bulworthy Project

[ADz]

Thnx for heads up, downloading now :)

For anybody interested in UK TV you should checkout thebox.bz, Its the best UK TV dedicated torrent site available and also has this programme ;)

[Fraser]

Thnx for heads up, downloading now :)

For anybody interested in UK TV you should checkout thebox.bz, Its the best UK TV dedicated torrent site available and also has this programme ;)

last I heard they were only accepting new members on invitation.

[ADz]

last I heard they were only accepting new members on invitation.


Like most decent/private sites.

PM me if you would like an invite ;)

[EDIT] They have open signups at the moment. If they close just pm me and I'll invite you.

[Fraser]

Sound. I'll look when I'm home later. Works computer network doesnt like and P2P or file sharing sites. Cheers for that ADz T^

[Fraser]

The box keeps throwing up database errors when i try to submit my sign-up and virgin media wont let me go to Bulworthy Project's link. So.... firstly it looks like I wont be watching Tales From The Wild Wood :mad: and secondly I'm dumping virgin :mad: :guns:. Sorry thats all a bit :off-topic:

[Fraser]

Well.... I got it. Very good, very up-beat.

[El]

Dang...I get this..........

Sorry, the web page you have requested is not available through Virgin Media.

Virgin Media has received an order from the Courts requiring us to prevent access to this site in order to help protect against copyright infringement.

[Bulworthy Project]

It seems that they have put the programme back on iplayer. Here is the link to the one where we teach Rob to make charcoal.
http://www.facebook.com/l/7AQFYxeAPAQG2pwudP3_zsI3yZWX5hufK_Z93HW4qoQ5BbA/www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01nvwr0/Tales_from_the_Wild_Wood_Episode_5/

[Fraser]

I got it through isohunt. Or...... PM me and I'll send you a dvd :wink: