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I'm Mark. Older than you imagine, pescetarian, husband, father, professional parent & pedant.

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Vanishing Point Here’s another odd “sculpture” in Kings Wood. An anomalous wooden railing that serves absolutely no purpose at all runs as straight as a die as far as the eye can see. It’s a clue that tells us we’re in a managed forest; an installation like that would be impossible in a natural woodland. Photo: mings

Vanishing Point

Here’s another odd “sculpture” in Kings Wood. An anomalous wooden railing that serves absolutely no purpose at all runs as straight as a die as far as the eye can see. It’s a clue that tells us we’re in a managed forest; an installation like that would be impossible in a natural woodland.

Photo: mings

Kings Wood Trail Of course, waymarkers like this really didn’t help…

Kings Wood Trail

Of course, waymarkers like this really didn’t help…

Today’s Blair Witch Experience. Took Maisy and the kids on a hike in Kings Wood, near Challock today. Nearly 1,000 acres of woodland, half a million trees and a richness of smells beyond Maisy’s wildest dreams. A local art company has created “sculptures” throughout the woods, most of which bear an unnerving resemblance to those in the Blair Witch Project. The illusion was complete when, having walked for miles, we suddenly arrived at a point that seemed strangely familiar. The sculpture in the picture confirmed we were indeed in the same place that we’d visited much earlier. What was really weird was that although we thought we’d arrived from a different direction, everything was in the same orientation as the first visit. Spooky! The light was failing, so we beat a dignified retreat before we found a derelict cottage… Photo: mings

Today’s Blair Witch Experience.

Took Maisy and the kids on a hike in Kings Wood, near Challock today. Nearly 1,000 acres of woodland, half a million trees and a richness of smells beyond Maisy’s wildest dreams.

A local art company has created “sculptures” throughout the woods, most of which bear an unnerving resemblance to those in the Blair Witch Project. The illusion was complete when, having walked for miles, we suddenly arrived at a point that seemed strangely familiar. The sculpture in the picture confirmed we were indeed in the same place that we’d visited much earlier. What was really weird was that although we thought we’d arrived from a different direction, everything was in the same orientation as the first visit. Spooky! The light was failing, so we beat a dignified retreat before we found a derelict cottage…

Photo: mings