Comments on: The Tree Huts Of Epping Forest https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/07/25/the-tree-huts-of-epping-forest-iiii/ 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, 06 Aug 2026 10:38:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 By: Alun Severn https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/07/25/the-tree-huts-of-epping-forest-iiii/#comment-2167821 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 10:38:43 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=207659#comment-2167821 Is it possible that they are ‘frames’ over which a ‘wild camper’ would temporarily stretch a tarpaulin or groundsheet or whatever? I have seen videos of outdoors people making this kind of structure and then covering the exterior with foliage, moss, branches and so on but few of those pictured show any sign of once being covered…

It’s probably nicer to think they are the shelters of woodland creatures…

]]> By: tô màu https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/07/25/the-tree-huts-of-epping-forest-iiii/#comment-2162389 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:26:47 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=207659#comment-2162389 This is a really interesting idea.

]]> By: Paul Huckett https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/07/25/the-tree-huts-of-epping-forest-iiii/#comment-2152935 Sat, 25 Jul 2026 21:34:54 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=207659#comment-2152935 In Australia most children at 4yo are in kindergarten . Certain days if they have nearby local bushland they participate in a course called Bush Kindie . My grandson made structures like this . He’s 12 now and he and his friends are still making them . Last week they actually spent a night huddled in one, rugged up in sleeping bags ……great excitement

]]> By: Michael Harkins https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/07/25/the-tree-huts-of-epping-forest-iiii/#comment-2152420 Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:29:35 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=207659#comment-2152420 There are cryptozoologists—self-styled hunters of mythical creatures—in the U.S. who attribute such tree structures to the ever-elusive “Bigfoot”. One wonders what they would make of these…

]]> By: Victoria Cooper https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/07/25/the-tree-huts-of-epping-forest-iiii/#comment-2152007 Sat, 25 Jul 2026 08:36:14 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=207659#comment-2152007 I think this instinct is hard-wired into us. Children need no encouragement – there is an innate urge to build secret shelters. And yes, I did too, way back. How lovely they have the chance to do so in Epping Forest.

]]> By: achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/07/25/the-tree-huts-of-epping-forest-iiii/#comment-2151847 Sat, 25 Jul 2026 06:35:15 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=207659#comment-2151847 It never fails to surprise me just how many parallels there are in cultural perception between the Gentle Author and myself. In the forest of Sensenstein Youth Castle near Kassel, you’ll not only find my tree — the 600-year-old oak — but on 1st May five years ago, I even discovered a similar treehouse in the nearby area. Naturally, it immediately reminded me of Eeyore’s treehouse on the edge of the Hundred Acre Wood… — Here are the original photos:

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

Love & Peace
ACHIM

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