Oliver Rackham on Hampstead Heath.

Oliver Rackham will give a free talk on the theme 'Hampstead Heath and Woods: deer, woodcutting and the urban heath island' on thurs 7th October.

Hosted by Heath and Hampstead Society. Doors open at 7.30pm

Venue.....Rosslyn Hill Chapel, London NW3

free glass of wine woo hoo.....

keeping this a secret Mr Humphries?????

See you there hopefully:thumbup:

I'm there, suprise suprise

Shhhhh, don't tell everyone, or there won't be enough plonk to go round

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I'm there, suprise suprise

 

Shhhhh, don't tell everyone, or there won't be enough plonk to go round.

Oliver Rackham - quality. Do me a favour and ask him if he fancies coming to Bolton. I can arrange warm Vimto and Carrs pasties!

I saw a one day lecture advertised a year or two back where he took a handful of people out for a talk around a wood. I wanted to go but the c£400 fee put me off. Enjoy.

I had my doors opened by Rackham about twelve years ago, up at Flatford Mill on a weeks residential trapesing around the woods of Suffolk & Essex.

Staverton, Hatfield etc.....

They're pricy for sure, but if time & finance allows, I cannot recomend those courses highly enough.

Particularly the Flatford ones.

Oliver Rackham - Google Search

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Tony, are you aiming to join the festivities this evening?

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nah, decided not to, was too tight on schedule and right now I have a nice merlot induced glow, im full and arbtalking so alls good! lol

Besides, my public need me!

PMSL

Shame on the pair of you, Harding & Croft.

Tobias makes the trek all the way from Sweden, and ya can't bother to turn in a couple of miles, tut, tut.

What will our euro arb buddies think of us brits

I enjoyed old Ollies talk, some fine history on the medieval woodland structure in and around London.

Must of been close on two hundred people attended.

& then down the boozer for a couple of jars listening to a folk band & having a good natter with Tobias.

Hopefully our tall swedish friend will be impressed by the Hampstead management Blueprint tomorrow & then idle away a few hours in Tonys company on staurday at the Whip.

I've warned him all about you Hama

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Yea i'm gutted i missed it.......didnt get home from work until quarter to 7 so wouldnt have got there on time.......thanks for ringing though David:thumbup1: another time for a bevvy.

Instead i went to bed with my new copy of Woodlands by Mr Rackham.....happend to arrive on day of lecture. What a fantastic interesting and informative read:thumbup:

Yeah twas a shame you couldn't make it.

Very sadly I got a copy of my first edition ('76)

"Trees and Woodland in the British Landscape" signed by the great white beardy weirdy himself

might stick it on the Bay with a reserve of 97p

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Glad you enjoyed it...I dont feel quite so jealous now, knowing a couple of you's within spitting distance from the talk, didn't make it!

Not something I would have missed, especially with working in and around the area that formed the focus of the subject ....Bad luck guys!