Richmond named as ‘walk of the month’

The Independent’s Mark Rowe took a walk through the woods and shared his experience this weekend.

He describes the route through to the George and Dragon in Hudswell as well as the birds and river views in a lyrical piece.

Hudswell Woods beckon, a magical, mature, semi-natural woodland. Looking among the oaks I pick out the cobalt flash of a nuthatch, while a flinty-looking treecreeper chisels away in the corrugated ridges of a sycamore tree. I follow a hauntingly beautiful and undulating path that unexpectedly threads past a succession of small, sandy beaches. They are overlooked by beech trees – beeches on beaches – mantled in lichens and mosses.

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