Comments on: Tree Huts Of Epping Forest https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/08/30/tree-huts-of-epping-forest/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Wed, 01 Sep 2021 20:00:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: Richard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/08/30/tree-huts-of-epping-forest/#comment-1403939 Wed, 01 Sep 2021 20:00:18 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188481#comment-1403939 When I went to boarding school one of the compensations was the woods in the grounds where the boys roamed, destroyed beds of nettles, made similar dens and climbed the trees.

]]> By: Boudicca Fawkes https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/08/30/tree-huts-of-epping-forest/#comment-1402554 Mon, 30 Aug 2021 21:05:40 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188481#comment-1402554 Great pics of thee forest I remember when we went there and saw big dicks ghost

]]> By: Barbara holliman https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/08/30/tree-huts-of-epping-forest/#comment-1402486 Mon, 30 Aug 2021 18:39:05 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188481#comment-1402486 Brilliant. My daughter and I made these in the new forest when we were on holiday.
I think it’s some sort of primeval instinct aroused in us to create shelter when walking through forests.

We thoroughly enjoyed the doing and the end product which we lined with bracken for comfort.

]]> By: Angella-Dee Sherriffe https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/08/30/tree-huts-of-epping-forest/#comment-1402405 Mon, 30 Aug 2021 13:56:44 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188481#comment-1402405 They are for drying the wood for burning in a fire place.
That is my suspicion?

]]> By: Barbara Jefford https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/08/30/tree-huts-of-epping-forest/#comment-1402345 Mon, 30 Aug 2021 09:58:25 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188481#comment-1402345 What lovely photos. In woods near where I live in Buckinghamshire hut building sessions have been organised in the past for children by the Forestry Commission workers, and also there have been school activities in the woods in which huts are built by small teams competing to see who can build the best. Families also make them to encourage interest in going for a walk in the woods and learning more about woodland life.

]]> By: Jan https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/08/30/tree-huts-of-epping-forest/#comment-1402325 Mon, 30 Aug 2021 09:01:05 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188481#comment-1402325 Lovely! At my London primary school in the 1950s we made such camps in the grounds. We were fortunate to have such extensive grounds as our playground. The older children made more elaborate structures but even the youngest children made a camp by using dried leaves as room separators. We called them camps rather than huts.

]]> By: Jill Wilson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/08/30/tree-huts-of-epping-forest/#comment-1402321 Mon, 30 Aug 2021 08:36:54 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188481#comment-1402321 We have had similar tree huts appear in our local wood, as well as some more formal creations like Peter Rabbits post office, Badger’s Fort, Fox Villa, Mole End etc which young children have absolutely loved discovering and playing with.

Unfortunately the National Trust have fenced some of these off during the pandemic and they are no longer accessible for the children.

But at least the spooky random tree huts continue to appear, created by who knows who….?

]]> By: BPL https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/08/30/tree-huts-of-epping-forest/#comment-1402309 Mon, 30 Aug 2021 08:06:21 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188481#comment-1402309 I’ve spent many a weekend working with my daughter and her friends on these huts.
….I even recognise some of the branch arrangements! There’s a wonderful tradition of repairing and improving on what you find in the forest. One of the most elaborate is down in Bushwood. Someone has built bench seating inside. We were also working on a rather large one in the middle of Hampstead Heath. The kids love it, and I find I have quite a lot of energy for it too.

]]> By: Achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/08/30/tree-huts-of-epping-forest/#comment-1402288 Mon, 30 Aug 2021 06:54:31 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188481#comment-1402288 It never fails to surprise me what parallels in cultural perception there are between the Gentle Author and myself. In the forest of the Jugendburg Sensenstein near Kassel there you not only can find my tree, the 600-year-old Oak, but on May 1st of this year I actually discovered a similar tree hut in the very near surrounding. Of course I also immediately thought of Eeyore’s hut at the edge of the Hundred Acre Wood…

https://achimthepooh.de/gifs_peace/sensenstein_tree_hut_P1040097
https://achimthepooh.de/gifs_peace/sensenstein_tree_hut_P1040098
https://achimthepooh.de/gifs_peace/sensenstein_tree_hut_P1040099
https://achimthepooh.de/gifs_peace/sensenstei_my_tree_P1040331
https://www.sensenstein.de/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvVRZPSQEWc&t=32s

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: Gary Dickins https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/08/30/tree-huts-of-epping-forest/#comment-1402286 Mon, 30 Aug 2021 06:52:28 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=188481#comment-1402286 Hi Gentle Author,

It’s more than likely the great work undertaken by “forest schools” in the local area.

My youngest son attended the first one introduced in Somerset around 2000, it was the saving of him as he was unable to attend mainstream schooling. I will be forever grateful for the staff’s commitment and dedication supporting him through those difficult times ?. He is now a construction site supervisor ?

Thank you for your ongoing commitment to spitalfields life..

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