The Forest
DESCRIPTION
When I first began taking photographs of woodland, the natural destination for me was Thetford Forest, the UK’s largest man made lowland forest, which is about an hours drive away. I began to visit it every two or three weeks, gradually becoming familiar with the paths and tracks, and learning which species could be found in which areas. As I explored more I began to realise that the boundaries of the forest are often notional rather than physical. There were large areas of the forest much nearer to home which had their own character and the paths were less well trodden. Gradually this led me to begin looking even closer, and instead of simply driving by those little pockets of trees and scrub, that can be found all over the country, I began to park up and explore them.