Standhills

 

Just the other day, north of of Whirlowbrook Park, I walked through a strange area of land known as Rough Standhills.  Regarding this tract of land. in late 2021 and early 2022, the Forestry Commission issued a statutory plant health notice requiring the removal of diseased Japanese larch and unsafe Corsican pine due to Phytophthora ramorum (Ramorum disease). Restoration followed the timber removal. The site has been undergoing native broadleaved woodland planting, including species like oak and birch.

As I say, the area is quite strange and there you sense the ghosts of lost trees as Mother Nature gradually does her best to restore some sense of normality. Human intervention continues and recently some drainage work has occurred there. There were official notices on several trees and I "rescued" one of these as the work period was over..

But what does it mean? Of course the word "temporary" has been spelt incorrectly but I am more intrigued by the reference to something called  "desire line entrance". What on earth can it mean? Perhaps you have an idea?