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GIVEAWAY: 3 copies of GOSHAWK SUMMER – NEW FOREST
5th June 2022
Giveaway: 3 copies of Goshawk Summer by James Aldred, set in the New Forest.
In early 2020, wildlife cameraman James Aldred was commissioned to film the lives of a family of Goshawks in the New Forest, his childhood home. He began to plan a treetop hide in a remote site that would allow him to film the Gos nest, the newly hatched chicks and the lives of these elusive and enchanting birds.
Then lockdown. And as the world retreated, something remarkable happened. The noise of our everyday stilled. No more cars, no more off-roaders, no more airplanes roaring in the skies, no one in the Goshawk woods – except James.
At this unique moment, James was granted a once in a lifetime opportunity to keep filming. And so, over Spring and into Summer, he began to record his experiences in a place empty of people but filled with birdsong and new life.
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- James was based in the NEW FOREST in the South of England. Which is your all-time favourite woodland to visit, anywhere in the world? Please tell us in the comments below by 18th June 2022. The first three names chosen at random will be sent a copy each of the novel. UK ONLY
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Sherwood Forest
The Yosemite redwood forest to see the unbelievable giant sequoias – unforgettable!
My favourite woodland to visit is the forest around Grantown on Spey in the Cairngorms.
I love the woodland up in aviemore, scotland. Dense forest that opens up into a clearing with a gorgeous white sanded loch. Just heaven on earth.
Kielder Forest in Northumberland
Ethy Woods in Lerryn Cornwall
My favourite woodland to visit is the New Forest.
Absolutely adore Muir Woods in San Francisco – completely gorgeous and great to go to early before everyone arrives.
Coed y Brenin in North Wales
I love the New Forest. It’s so beautiful and I love to see the ponies wandering around
I have only driven through the New Forest, but it is truly beautiful! We were lucky enough to see wild ponies as we drove through, stunning!!
id like to go to New England
I love Hembury Woods in Devon. I grew up exploring them with friends. Beautiful gnarly trees, the River Dart, a secret entrance to the River Dart Country Park so you didn’t have to pay, & an iron age fort on the hill!
Burnam Wood
I have a favourite spot up in Perthshire on Duinfallandy hill, lots of holidays spent in the area near Pitlochry.
Sherwood Forest
Thetford Forest in UK
Rainforest anywhere would be great
The woods near my childhood home in Switzerland, we used to play there all day long in the summer holidays just going home for lunch in between. I till love walking my dog there when I visit my family
I love the New Forest with all the ponies and donkeys
Pennyman woods in near Middlesbrough are great for a walk, especially when the leaves have fallen.
Never been, but would love to go to New England to see the beautiful colours of the trees in Autumn x
I really love Sherwood forest in the UK. I was lucky enough to spend a week there last summer and would love to visit again one day.
The Giant Daisy Forest on the Galápagos Islands.. Wow, wow, wow. I loved it
my all time favourite in the whole world is . . .
Saint Gwynno Forest, almost on my doorstep
Westonbirt
I love Kielder Forest
Dalby Forest National Park, North Yorkshire
Excellent book
Dalby Forest, North Yorkshire
My local Thetford Forest
Hayes and West Wickham Common
Many happy memories of Huelgoat Forest in Northern France, where we had camping holidays nearby. Memorably Dad once got shot whilst jogging in the forest (a game hunter clearly mistook him for a partridge).
Epping Forest.
I grew up not far from there and it’s been a constant throughout my adult life.
I love the Dalby Forest
My local park – Witton – in Lancashire – bussing with beauty and nature
Thetford Forest in the UK & the Black Forest in Germany.
I really love the New Forest. My mother in law used to live in Christchurch and we would always take her to Tiptoe which is a very small hamlet within the park. We all loved seeing the pigs foraging acorns and, of course, the wild ponies. I miss visiting now but do enjoy the woods near my own home where Lord Byron used to ride from Newstead Abbey to visit his lady friend Mary Charworth. He galloped along a path called Dog and Bear Lane to her home at Annesley Hall which is sadly now uninhabited.
My favourite forest has to be the Amazon. I was lucky enough to spend 5 weeks in French Guyana and we spent many weekends sleeping in hammocks and listening to/seeing all the wonderful animals and birds.
I’ve just discovered a most gorgeous wood, set between Abbeystead & Dolphinholme in Lancashire. In bluebell season it’s the most beautiful, fairyland-like wood that I’ve ever seen. Completely magical.
Forest of Dean is very Pretty
Vienna Woods in Austria. Huge woodland, great for nature and long walks.
Hackfall Wood at Grewelthorpe, North Yorkshire is beautiful and one of my favourites. I love the sound of the woodland birds and the way it changes with the seasons.
My favourite woodland is Wepre Park in North Wales. It’s rich in wildlife and history and even has a waterfall and castle ruins in its grounds.
I tend not to visit woodland very much, but I do love the woodland area at Emmett’s Garden in Kent, at the bluebell season!
I also remember vast woods in Villeneuve Sur Seine, about 50 miles from Paris, where I au-paired as a teenager. I was the au-pair for the dogs & took them for long walks in the woods! We often saw herds of deer…it was magical!