Clearing the Blackthorn: The Mother of the Woods Fights Back

A grey, soaking day settles over the National Trust property at Port Mulgrave. Rain drips from every branch and bramble. The task at hand: cutting back the blackthorn regrowth that has swallowed the public footpath through a tangle of unyielding woodland. Far bel ...

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