Moorgreen - High Park
Wood and the Reservoir
w/e 22 June
2003
A short walk
into High Park Wood near Moorgreen started close to Beauvale
Lodge.
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The tarmac
roadway soon gave way to this fenced footpath through the wood.
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The path runs
along the eastern side of Moorgreen Reservoir and occasional
glimpses of the water were visible between the trees.
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High Park Wood is a mixed
deciduous and conifer woodland and on a sunny afternoon was filled
with bird song.
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Among the lush undergrowth,
foxgloves added a touch of colour to the verdant landscape as
we retraced our steps through the wood.
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Back near the start of our walk,
the whole expanse of the reservoir that for the most part had
been hidden from our view could be seen from the road. The reservoir
was constructed at the end of the eighteenth century. Based on
an incident in 1892, it was used by the author D.H. Lawrence,
born in nearby Eastwood, as the location for the drowning tragedy
in his novel "Women In Love".
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