Tag Archives: woodlands

Nature’s Children

Posted on August 14, 2013 by moselman

Keeping kids amused in the summer holidays can be a chore but you don’t need to fly your 4-year-old half way around the world to Disneyland to have fun; forget theme parks, computer games, TV and all the organised attractions … Continue reading →

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Ghost Trains in the Urban Jungle

Posted on August 2, 2013 by moselman

It could be a vision straight from a post apocalyptic sci-fi movie; a real-life “Planet of the Apes”. Trees and dense shrub vegetation encroach over former railway tracks, sidings and marshalling yards. Abandoned steam locomotives, rusting water towers and mysterious structures loom out of the … Continue reading →

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“Baumhaus”: Radical art down in the woods

Posted on February 28, 2013 by moselman

In a recent summer, something very strange could be seen down in the woods at the “Dreilander Punkt” outside Aachen at the meeting point of Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. Weird shapes and constructions (featuring the most outrageous colour schemes imaginable), graffiti art and … Continue reading →

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Greening Urban Scotland: the Lothians and Fife Green Network

Posted on February 20, 2013 by moselman

One of the biggest and most interesting challenges that I’ve had in recent years has been the development of the Lothians and Fife Green Network Partnership (LFGNP). I was involved in the setting up of this project from its inception in 2008 (initially as the … Continue reading →

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Enchanted Forest

Posted on November 16, 2012 by moselman

We stay next to the Aachener Wald, a large area of mixed woodland located a few just a few minutes walk away from where we live. At this time of year the low angle autumn sunlight shining through the beech leaves gives … Continue reading →

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