Comments on: The Tree Huts Of Epping Forest https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/09/07/the-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 Thu, 07 Sep 2023 15:14:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Rob Harries https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/09/07/the-tree-huts-of-epping-forest/#comment-1520801 Thu, 07 Sep 2023 15:14:56 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196841#comment-1520801 My local primary has “wild school” in the local woods, and they build lots of these…

]]> By: Lynne https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/09/07/the-tree-huts-of-epping-forest/#comment-1520793 Thu, 07 Sep 2023 14:05:10 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196841#comment-1520793 I visit Epping Forest on a regular basis and I and my family have never figured them out. Children in my extended family enjoy them on walks. They become a diversion from the path. Time to play. When my now teenage son was younger, my partner and I told always him he might find Eeyore or Winnie the Pooh in one of them.

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/09/07/the-tree-huts-of-epping-forest/#comment-1520779 Thu, 07 Sep 2023 12:22:17 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196841#comment-1520779 “My sculpture can last for days or a few seconds. What is important to me is the experience of making.” — Andy Goldsworthy

Goldsworthy’s artwork always renews my joy of Making, and reminds me…….”We ARE nature”.
These photos perfectly express the experimental hands-on experience of moving through the underbrush, finding one branch……..then another………then another……..and finding oneself engaged in the joyous human urge to “make”.

I love these photos. They give me such a sense of optimism.
Down to the studio! Thanks for this wonderful start to the day.

]]> By: Christa https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/09/07/the-tree-huts-of-epping-forest/#comment-1520764 Thu, 07 Sep 2023 10:25:43 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196841#comment-1520764 These explanations of practical purposes of the tree huts leave of course the deeper meaning out – these are fairytale items, magical forest furnishings, hiding places of phantastic creatures.
Go and find out for yourself.

]]> By: Angella-dee Sherriffe https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/09/07/the-tree-huts-of-epping-forest/#comment-1520757 Thu, 07 Sep 2023 08:41:17 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196841#comment-1520757 These are for drying out dead branches to burn in a wood burning cooker or heating. I think?

]]> By: Stephen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/09/07/the-tree-huts-of-epping-forest/#comment-1520754 Thu, 07 Sep 2023 07:49:46 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196841#comment-1520754 You have found a great collection of bivouac’s there, great to see so many intact. Thank you for sharing with us all. We were taught how to build ‘Bivvy’s’ in the scouts, learning how soldiers used to build them in the past and now used as shelters by campers, bird watchers, scouts and mountaineers (not many of those in Epping, I suspect)

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