Lessons from the Woods

Lessons from the Woods - Beginnings

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Lessons from the Woods - Beginnings

How we came to find our woodland home and what we learned from the early days of living there.

Miscellaneous Adventures

Jun 07, 2022

In this episode, we look back at the early days of our life in the woods. We reminisce on how we found the place, how it felt moving to a rural location and learning to embrace a simpler life. We remember some of our early wildlife encounters, first lessons in outdoor skills and the transition to being (very inexperienced!) groundskeepers.

This episode sets the scene for a series of conversations on how a decade of life in the woods changed us deeply and made us re-think the way we live, our values and our connection to nature. We’ll talk more in future episodes about some of the subjects we briefly touch on in this introduction including wildlife encounters, the good and bad sides of life in the woods and what specific things changed for us in that time.

We hope you’ll enjoy these insights into our story. Please do ask questions and feel free to share.

Andrew and Emma

One of many woodpiles we processed during our 10 years!

Fallow deer headed down the driveway on a frosty morning.

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Lessons from the Woods

A look back at 11 years living in a Sussex woodland: During the last month of living in our woodland barn, we sat down together and discussed the things we'd learned about life, nature and the whole universe. We originally recorded these conversations to ensure we wouldn't forget how we felt and what we'd learned during our 11 years but thought they might be interesting for others to hear. So here they are!

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