Old Lodge

A brisk northerly wind was blowing, so I was quite surprised that my family agreed to walk at Old Lodge as it is quite exposed. Sometimes it feels like it should be part of a moorland landscape from the west country or Wales, rather than a Sussex lowland heath.

There is a stand of three huge Beech trees which are quite out of character with the rest of the nature reserve. We always seem to spend quite a bit of time there.

Pines and dead grasses, more typical vegetation.

The Beeches looked magnificent in the sun, but it was a day where the flask of tea had to be enjoyed from the car.