Upon first arriving at Cooper’s Hill the first thing that strikes you is the hill. From the car park you can see beech trees clambering up the slope, making it seem a whole lot easier than I thought it would be to climb up there. We had arrived in an area of ancient beech woodland, […]
Perhaps the best word to describe Devizes and Roundway Orchard and Old Cricket Field is suburban. Whereas I got the feeling that Upper Waterhay existed outside humanity, Devizes and Roundway seemed to be interconnected with us inextricably. It’s very close to the centre of Devizes and there is a very large hospital that has now […]
It was very exciting to be visiting our first Wildlife Trust reserve, Upper Waterhay, which became a Wiltshire Wildlife Trust reserve in 1970. It was obvious from looking at maps prior to the trip that we were dealing with a small rectangular meadow which was supposed to hold a kind of superpower. Getting there involved […]
