Bark

Clapham Wood is a place I've visited many times in the spring, when the whole place is covered in bluebells. I remember going there with my mum when I was a child and she always took a trowel to dig up primroses and a trug to carry them home. That's probably illegal now. The wood has gained a reputation for ghostly apparitions, Satanic rituals, UFO sightings and disappearing animals. There are also links to a series of murders in the 1970s and one of the victims was a retired vicar of St Mary's, the ancient church just outside the wood. All fascinating stuff. Here are some close-up studies of the magical trees in the wood.