Welcome to news and views about the ancient fuel allotment of Shipton-on-Cherwell and Thrupp in Oxfordshire. Now a woodland and wildlife haven, it welcomes visitors and extra hands to continue a coppicing tradition dating back to mediaeval times.
We cleared around the whips and cut back the Old Man's Beard. We saw a Comma butterfly and a Common Darter. November seems rather late to be seeing Dragonflies.