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Using the forest of dean events calendar

How to use the Forest of Dean Events Calendar As there seems to be a little confusion about our calendar, I have created a short video showing how to use it and also how to add your own events. Forest of Dean Events

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Walking in the Forest of Dean

Walking in the Forest of Dean Walking in the forest of dean is one of my favourite pass times. The variety of beautiful countryside is staggering and if you haven’t been before you will be amazed at the amount of wild life that you will see. This week, she who must be obeyed and I went strolling on the footpaths …

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Littledean

Littledean We visit Littledean regularly as it is just down the road from us, and every Friday we buy fish and chips from Frydays as it is the best chippy in the forest of dean. Littledean is one of the ancient villages of the Forest of Dean. A mile east of the town of Cinderford, it contains many old buildings dating …

Campaigners in the Forest of Dean threaten to take NHS trust ‘to court

Campaigners in the Forest of Dean say they’ll take two NHS trusts to court over a decision to close the Dilke and Lydney community hospitals. Gloucestershire Care Services and the Clinical Commissioning Group says the two hospitals are “no longer fit for purpose” and have voted to replace them with a new £11m facility. But members of a campaign group called …

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Land mark for our Forest of Dean Directory

Land mark for our Forest of Dean Directory We now list over 300 sites in our directory. A big Landmark for our forest of dean directory. We list all sorts of sites ranging from small business, tourist guides, community sites and local pubs and restaurants. You can of course browse or search the whole directory or just by towns and …

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Planning the garden for 2018

Gardening Plans for this year We had a very mixed year in 2017. We did ok with most things and very well with leeks and potatoes but once again all our tomatoes fell to the blight, so we will not be bothering with them this year at all. We have also declared war on the dreaded cabbage whites. They decimated …

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2nd Year in The Forest of Dean

2 years living in the Forest of Dean This is our second year of living in the Forest of Dean. Time has certainly flown. Both Vanda and I agree it was a brilliant move. Life is slower out in the country, we are surrounded by the most wonderful countryside, and the Forest of Dean town we chose to live in, …

Firewood from Nicks Timber

Firewood We have a wood burning stove here and we fuel it with a mixture of local air dried ash and kiln dried logs. This week we had a delivery from Nicks Timber , a 1 ton bag of waste from the timber mill. This is a great bargain. The wood is bone dry, and many of the thicker pieces …

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The garden in December

The garden in December After all the snow our garden is looking fairly tatty. We are still harvesting leeks, carrots and a few other bits and pieces, but this year is not a patch on last year. Our sprouts are pathetic. They were well and truly attacked earlier by the dreaded cabbage white and never really recovered. Last year we …

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The snow and the kindness of Forest people

Snow in the Forest of Dean Yesterday morning, Vanda and I set off through the snow with the idea of walking into Cinderford to get a bit of shopping. Well it was hard going right from the off, and Vanda who has a heart murmur started to feel ill very early on. As We were passing St Stephens church I …