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A twee read about an English woman restoring a neglected piece of woodland to former glory, this book would be just up my alley - or so I thought. But I ended up really not enjoying this at all. Past Lives comes up victorious at Gotham Awards 2023 for Best Feature ... while Charles Melton and Lily Gladstone claim night's biggest acting honors Netflix deliberately dropped its trailer for Harry and Meghan's series on same day as Prince William's Earthshot Prize, Omid Scobie claims Grammy-winning rapper Young Thug is painted as the leader of a criminal street gang that murdered and committed slew of violent crimes in AtlantaBradley Cooper shares a laugh with Maestro co-star Carey Mulligan at 2023 Gotham Awards... before being honored with Cultural Icon and Creator Tribute Home Alone reunion! Macaulay Culkin is set to receive star on Hollywood Walk of Fame with onscreen mom Catherine O'Hara set to attend You could restore the orchard. Free the fruit trees that are still there, delight in old varieties rarely seen these days, try to propagate them and possibly even make a profit form selling them. She sets about trying to work out what had happened to the population of rabbits and this makes her think about the wider effect that the climate crisis is having. She gets help from experts to look for and list the species that they find in the woods. It makes for quite an interesting list of plants and birds, but she knows that there are not as many there used to be.

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YOU can’t ignore your roots. And in the case of Ruth Pavey, someone who loves London, where she has taught in primary and comprehensive schools for almost 45 years, it was the lure of her native Somerset that resulted in her creating a wood of her own. Somewhere to escape from the ravages of worrying times, somewhere to grow trees for future millennia, somewhere to seek solace and beauty, a place to produce apple juice for others to enjoy. One can't get no satisfaction! Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood, 76, is joined by glamorous wife Sally, 46, as they chat to Prince William at the Tusk Awards Ruth believes spending time working on her land taught her that with hard work problems may be overcome (file image) Gemma Collins tries her charm with an antiques dealer in hilarious first-look clip from Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

I enjoyed reading about the wildlife in and around the wood. From hares to rabbits, all manor of birds and even the sheep employed to work their magic in the wood. At times it is heart wrenching to read the disappearance of wildlife and plants. Ruth raises the serious issues we are facing with climate change and the impact we humans are having on nature and wildlife. I'm A Celeb's Nella Rose is blasted by viewers for insisting she's 'just a girl' during boxing lesson with Tony Bellew - hours after sexism row The book progresses somewhat chronologically, and is divided into chapters which describe various area of development in the woodland. There are also lots of nice bits about the neighbours she encounters, the history of the region and the changing agricultural usage of the countryside. Her sense of humour, and the personal details which sneak in, are really what brought the book to life for me.