Comments on: The Mysterious Tree Huts Of Epping Forest

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 16:57:56 +0000

I live in Stockholm, Sweden and those are in every forrest around town. Literally everywhere. In my neighbourhood there are probably 40.
Many are made with massive stocks and in pretty strange places where no children go. And the entrance of those “huts” is often south-to-north on a compass. You can check with the compass on your smartphone. The only thing I know is that the people putting them up, don´t do it for fun. Just the logistics of, I mean you cant walk into a forrest around Stockholm in more than max 5 minutes without seeing those. And the just keep on popping up.
It´s strange to say the least

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 16:43:59 +0000

Here in Stockholm, Sweden there are a lot of woods, it’s not a dense city. And those are literally everywhere. Of course some could be built by children, but here anyway – those are not built by children. Many of them are with massive stocks and also in really strange places. The opening of those “huts” is also very often built heading perfectly south/north on a compass. I guess schoolkids don´t do that… If you see one, check with the compass on your smartphone.
In the forrest around my neighbourhood there are around 40 of those. You can´t walk in to a forrest in Stockholm without seing those, in just taking of your dog for a short walk. The ones that put them up must have spent a ridiculus amount of time on it, so I guess they don´t do it for fun. And they just keep on popping up.
It´s strange…

By: Phaedra

Phaedra — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 08:28:05 +0000

These are dens!

Possibly some of them are the result of a school holiday play scheme.

By: Suzy Rowlands

Suzy Rowlands — Sat, 04 Jul 2020 15:43:25 +0000

Ahaaahhhh. Loved this so much. The other week my brother came to prune a beautiful lilac tree in my garden. I hadn’t realised he was going to take it within an inch of its life in order to regenerate it as it had never been pruned. I was aghast. Anyway with all the heavy branches and foliage that had been lopped off I felt a keen desire to make myself a wigwam/reading nook in the garden, like a big kid. Alas, alack, I bottled out for fear of what the neighbours would think. A single woman of a certain age, with no children and who is already known for talking to all the cats of the neighbourhood can only get away with so much. :oD I settled with painting a few of them aand wrapping beautifully coloured thread around them.

PS I check every day on the old lilac to check for new growth and I’m beyond relieved to see it is doing well.

By: kerry

kerry — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 06:54:13 +0000

It actually reminded me of traditional coppice practices. When I bacame lost in Mad Bess woods in Ruislip, I met a ranger who pointed out the branches dragged into neat piles , some upright against trees. This is ancient forest management. The wood is used for all sorts of things. My brother told me that the need for charcoal in the industrial revolution despioled all Britains forests. In the compelling film, the honey gatherers, a person needs to seize more of the honey comb than is sustainable, and the patient ecconomy is lost.

By: Angella-Dee Sherriffe

Angella-Dee Sherriffe — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 11:49:58 +0000

I have wondered for years then…………a bril;liant thought
Wood is being prepared for burning at home.

By: David Green

David Green — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 10:34:34 +0000

Shelters from the weather for people out dogging?

By: Vicki Pearce

Vicki Pearce — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 00:37:02 +0000

Love the post. Love the images. Love the comments! Thank you all.

By: Pamela Traves

Pamela Traves — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 21:55:19 +0000

Amazing Tress! Their roots are up from the ground, but the Trees are still alive!!! ???????

By: Valerie

Valerie — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 20:44:36 +0000

Wonder if Frank Gehry had similar forest structures in mind, if such were the inspiration for his Fred & Ginger building in Prague!