{"product_id":"the-wood-the-life-times-of-cockshutt-wood","title":"The Wood: The Life \u0026 Times of Cockshutt Wood","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER by Indisputably  one of the best nature-writers of his generation (Country Life) BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week  Written in diary format  The Wood is the story of English woodlands as they change with the seasons. Lyrical and informative  steeped in poetry and folklore  The Wood inhabits the mind and touches the soul. For four years John Lewis-Stempel managed Cockshutt wood  a particular wood - three and half acres of mixed woodland in south west Herefordshire - that stands as exemplar for all the small woods of England. John coppiced the trees and raised cows and pigs who roamed free there. This is the diary of the last year  by which time he had come to know it from the bottom of its beech roots to the tip of its oaks  and to know all the animals that lived there - the fox  the pheasants  the wood mice  the tawny owl - and where the best bluebells grew. For many fauna and flora  woods like Cockshutt are the last refuge. It proves a sanctuary for John too.  To read The Wood is to be amongst its trees as the seasons change  following an easy path until  suddenly the view is broken by a screen of leaves  or your foot catches on a root  or a bird startles overhead. This is a wood you will never want to leave.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44974551007285,"sku":"ByrdShop_0857524585","price":227.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780857524584.jpg?v=1770663565","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-wood-the-life-times-of-cockshutt-wood","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}