Trees - plenty of them, especially beech, oak, sycamore and ash, but also pines of course
This delightful beech scene is on the cycle path from Haverfordwest to Johnston and also Broadsands - though it isn't a linear route by any means. I have no idea why or how it can all be considered route 4. However, it's very nice... Here running close to the railway line a single track that ends up at Haverfordwest. The 4 mile, 7 minute journey which runs 10 times a day will set you back at least £3.30 depending on whether you book in advance or not... Good value? I think I'd rather cycle. Pity my bike is still in storage where it is costing us a freaking fortune: Somewhat more than £3.30 a day anyway.. But what can you do in lockdown and rental?
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The ancient woodlands overhanging the creeks are at least 400 years old and would originally have clothed the slopes all along the Haven. Much was cleared due to the industries mentioned above, but since the demise of those activities, new woodland has begun to spring up. Oak, ash and hazel are the dominant species, growing on steep and rocky slopes. There’s a spellbinding short walk through Lawrenny woods, starting at the boatyard on the Quay. Holly and Rowan trees grow beneath the canopy and there’s wood rush, heather and bilberry carpeting the ground. Mosses and lichens are abundant, some of them believed to be amongst the oldest in Britain.
Lawrenny WoodsLittle Milford Woods, owned by The National Trust, border the northern end of the village of Hook, cloaking the high banks of the Western Cleddau which meanders around the village. For an interesting walk, go down to the bottom of Pill Road and take the old miners' drove road over to Lower Quay Road. You can access the waterside here if you are fit and have good boots.
There has been woodland on this hillside for several centuries and it was managed by traditional coppicing until the 1920s, when this practice ceased to be economical. Much native woodland was felled in the mid 20th Century and replaced with coniferous plantations to supply the timber market. But since the National Trust acquired it in 1975, the softwood is being felled and not replaced, allowing local species to regenerate. They have also done work at Lawrenny to remove some of the non-native species of tree: sycamore, birch and rhododendron. Managing the woodlands is important in order to keep them healthy.
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