Meanwhile the area cleared by our coppicing is growing, as are the log stacks:
I've saved some straighter lengths of hazel and sweet chestnut for other uses - in fact, some of the hazel has already gone to a friend for making besom brooms:
I've also been making these pegs from branches in the hazel, for future use layering trees to fill in gaps in the coppice:
And finally, yes, we did get the weirdly coloured sun in the woods too, due to a mixture of Saharan dust and forest fires in Portugal. Very strange seeing a sunset-coloured sun in the middle of the day:
That's all for now...
Mike