I finally managed to get around to walking through the wood to check for damage after the recent storm. Luckily, not a lot. Just this one tree down over a fence that will be easy enough to clear up and then a couple of new posts will sort it.
![fallen tree - 25.jpg fallen tree - 25.jpg](https://bushcraftuk.com/community/data/attachments/38/38560-550bff1146938376a2c485d51e2d3931.jpg)
This area of Wales doesn’t fall into the official ‘temperate rainforest’ designation of the woods further west and nearer the coast but, because it is on a norther facing hillside (and it does get a fair bit of rain), it does show a lot of the characteristics including a predominance of Oak and Ash, a lot of moss, fungi, lichens and ferns.
![temperate rain forest - 25.jpg temperate rain forest - 25.jpg](https://bushcraftuk.com/community/data/attachments/38/38561-2b5103d67feca5b3b9becc26b05f0761.jpg)
There are quite a few scraggy Elder and, where they have fallen, there are good growths of ‘Jelly Ear’ (to use it’s PC name). I have harvested and cooked these in the past but they are a bit bland so I don’t pick them unnecessarily.
OK, test time for the natural navigators out there. Based on the photo below, which direction is the right hand side of the photo pointing?
![moss on tree - 25.jpg moss on tree - 25.jpg](https://bushcraftuk.com/community/data/attachments/38/38563-e0efff51f48ea86b771f16ca60b7e293.jpg)
![fallen tree - 25.jpg fallen tree - 25.jpg](https://bushcraftuk.com/community/data/attachments/38/38560-550bff1146938376a2c485d51e2d3931.jpg)
This area of Wales doesn’t fall into the official ‘temperate rainforest’ designation of the woods further west and nearer the coast but, because it is on a norther facing hillside (and it does get a fair bit of rain), it does show a lot of the characteristics including a predominance of Oak and Ash, a lot of moss, fungi, lichens and ferns.
![temperate rain forest - 25.jpg temperate rain forest - 25.jpg](https://bushcraftuk.com/community/data/attachments/38/38561-2b5103d67feca5b3b9becc26b05f0761.jpg)
There are quite a few scraggy Elder and, where they have fallen, there are good growths of ‘Jelly Ear’ (to use it’s PC name). I have harvested and cooked these in the past but they are a bit bland so I don’t pick them unnecessarily.
![jelly-ear - 25.jpg jelly-ear - 25.jpg](https://bushcraftuk.com/community/data/attachments/38/38562-5c7b5be5f6bc99dd94ba0f1a14ce0435.jpg)
OK, test time for the natural navigators out there. Based on the photo below, which direction is the right hand side of the photo pointing?
![moss on tree - 25.jpg moss on tree - 25.jpg](https://bushcraftuk.com/community/data/attachments/38/38563-e0efff51f48ea86b771f16ca60b7e293.jpg)