Buying a woodland for old style reasons

mags50_2

mrs_pepperpot wrote: »

i just found 6 acres of woodland near humber bridge with full acess rights and a river for 4k........... i think mr peperpots going to max out his card today lol

oooo where is it? north or south of the river (yorks or lincs)?

we live south... would love to know where it is ....

(don't worry, I aren't going to max mr.mags card before you get there lol... we live on a farm already)

there's some lovely places around here on the wolds... and everyone thinks lincolnshire is flat! :rotfl:

bec22

queen_of_string wrote: »

I'm also studying NLP and Clean Language and the opportunity to run some of those types of things informally in a space like that would be magical.

sorry for going slightly off track but am interested, queen of string - I know NLP, what's Clean Language?

tenuissent

I too have dreamed of buying a piece of woodland, but only as a fantasy.

I have gone down the allotment route. For less than £50 a year I have three half plots (375 square metres) and 2 small sheds, and they are a retreat almost as good as woodland, need lots of hard rewarding work, and are very peaceful.

Two of them have running water laid on, and I have 2 barbecues. Grandchildren can run wild (it's a big open field surrounded by trees, so no-one is inconvenienced), make fires, build shelters among the trees, almost anything you could do with your own woodland. None of the responsibility and expense of managing trees.

All this for less than £1 per week.

mrs_pepperpot_3

sadly its north, we are south but its close enough for a days fun

mags50_2

It sounds lovely Mrs.P....hope you get it and get loads of enjoyment out of it.:)

Call in on before you cross the Bridge and I'll make you a cuppa!

tuggy

At the risk of everybody shouting SPAM and leaping on me...

I saw the link to this thread in Martins weekly newsletter and we currently have some woodland for sale but I suppose I am not allowed to give the link to the site its advertised on? (not sure so wont risk it)

Half an acre of woodland from £4,950 all inclusive of legal fees etc. no plannin permission thats why its so cheap and the land is suitable for chopping down trees etc and all the other stuff mentioned on this thread.

The woodland is in Scotland...anyone know if I can put a link if anyone is interested or is it spam? dont want to break rules...

pixiepp

Interesting discussions! I too have the dream of owning woodland, however like many say the cost these days is far too prohibitive (check out www.woodlands4u.co.uk) some small copses were fetching ridiculous sums of money last year. Then there are rules as to the amount of timber you can extract per year (something like 1 cubic metre, then trees no more than 6 inches diameter at breast height can be felled without permission... or something like that!) extraction, livestock proofing...... etc etc etc, You could look for a wood that needs coppicing and offer to manage it for the owner in return for the timber; this is fine until the landowner changes their mind and then wants to kick you off!!!!!!!!
another possibility I wondered was to buy some rough pasture and let it self seed; long term plan I know but possibly considerably cheaper than established woodland;
Pixiepp

rurallouise

:j We are lucky enough to own 8 acres of woodland. The main reason for buying it was for woodfuel but also for nature conservation.
We have not opened it up to the public - after astonishingly irresponsible behaviour from friends who have walked round with us and played 'tarzan' in the trees we want nature to be left in as much peace as possible.
As a result of the increase in oil prices we have switched off the oil-fired boiler, and use only our two wood-burners, one of which is linked into the heating system. They provide lots of heat, but bringing in the wood and feeding the fires is very time-consuming in winter, and we sometimes struggle to produce enough wood, hence the installation of the oil-fired boiler 10 years ago.

Planning consent to live in such woodland is rarely available, but we did get permission for a small shed to store tools in securely, and we have camped there occasionally, particularly when the children were younger. It is a fantastic place to walk the dogs in perfect peace.

However, my husband used to be a forester and knows how to use a chainsaw and manage woodland - it would be easy to make conservation mistakes, and we have called on conservation groups for advice. Also, extracting the firewood is a time-consuming job, and the last few summers have been so cold that it has been difficult to build up a good stock of firewood at the house ready for winter. It is also heavy work, but he says it is a 'green gym' and saves a lot on gym subs. I can only collect small branches which have fallen for use as kindling, which is strangely satisfying!

It is great to see so many people who are interested in woodland - in an ideal world, we should all be able to do this. The Small Woodlands Association do however have concerns about 'lotting' of small plots to people who don't manage them properly and damage our woodland heritage so if you are able to buy some, please do your homework and look after it properly.

mrs_pepperpot_3

mr p is now looking to get a chainsaw licene and wants to do a forestry course lol. fortunetly our son is at bishop burton and is learning about these things also.