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Tales from the Wild Wood

Takes from the Wild Wood is a BBC series about one man's year long journey to turn a derelict woodland into a healthy and financially viable woodland.

It's a series that I found quite inspiring because for many years now I've wanted to own my own bit of woodland and have spent many an hour looking at the woodlands for sale on websites such as http://www.woodlands.co.uk/ and http://www.woods4sale.co.uk/. While I doubt I'll ever be able to afford to buy a piece of woodland, I think it's wonderful to have a television series that shows that it is possible to make ours woodlands our way of life once more.

For those with the initial money, time and confidence; skills can be gained, relationships forged and time can be well spent learning the way of the woodland. No only can we go back to how we used to manage woodland for traditional products such as charcoal and furniture, but we can embrace the modern activities that take place in woodlands such as mountain biking and perhaps even Geocaching.

It is inspiring to was Rob (the man on the journey) arrive at Strawberry Cottage Wood with few skills, but bursting with enthusiasm and over the 6 episodes (1 year) grow in skills and confidence as he works the woodland making it not only a healthier ecosystem, but a place that will pay for itself.

The programmes are still available for the next month or so and the clips will be available for quite some time. If you can't access them via the BBC website, then it may be worth checking YouTube as the BBC have their own space there.