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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