That is the case. What is classed as 'forest' in national statistics is mostly not a forest ecosystem. A particular irony: in Scotland, conifer afforestation grants are called 'woodland creation'. They don't 'create' and it's not 'woodland'

Thank you for this ☀️

Different Rob Hopkins: the one in love with the future is on @robintransition.bsky.social

Labour has lost the plot. It's not a matter of 'sides'. Meanwhile rail travel is unaffordable.

Yes the Guardian gets it wrong again on Scotland. This newspaper is in my DNA but continually fails to disentangle England and Britain. I've just unsubscribed. It's so post colonial everywhere, except at home ...

I've paddled there too. And up the Black Water where we found evidence of beavers, before they were officially recorded. And we did get shouted at by some self-appointed representative of the landowners. Such a wonderful place to paddle.