Sculptures, and such like, in Joyden"s Wood

Certainly there has been much work happening in Joyden's Wood during the past few years, and it has been a pleasant surprise to discover all the new elements; wooden sculptures, a boardwalk, and a pond.

The sleeping dormouse.

The Saxon warrior and the Roman soldier stand guard on each side of the Faesten Dic (strong ditch).  They are so spookily real looking, especially when you walk out of the woodland, and see them out of the corner of your eye.

More sculptures;  swirling bats, a woodpecker and a perched owl.

The board walk.

The wildlife pond, complete with grasses and border plants.    An ideal place for children to do pond dipping.

The wood is coppiced regularly, an old English approach to managing woodland.  The trunk of the tree below has been coppiced before, as can be seen by the many branches that once sprouted from the trunk.   And of course been cut again.  Once cut, the branches are sorted into different sizes, the larger ones are probably sold and the smaller ones used for fencing.   

I still have to find the fuselage and tail of a Hawker Hurricane which commenorates the World War II pilots which were shot down over the wood.   They successfully bailed out of their planes before they crashed.

Maps of the walks and the woods are available from a box at the Summerhouse Drive entrance, but unfortunately the sculptures and plane are not marked on the map.   So it is a matter of taking one of the walks in order to find them.