The GardenDespatches from The Satyrs’ Forest

Postcards from kinda the area around Beamish, but not, like, Beamish itself, you kn

A tree which has fallen onto the autumn forest floor, taking not only the trunk but the roots with it, still covered in dirt
A reindeer stocking covered in dirt languishes inside a hole in the wall
I have to assume this has been here since at least last Christmas.
Peeking over the wall to reveal scaffolding for the façade of an old west town
I think this used to be(?) a centre for birds of prey. Not sure why it was done up like an old west town, if that’s the case…
I started hearing old-timey fairground music in the distance and it took me far, far too long to realise that it was coming from the old-timey fairground Beamish has. For fifteen minutes i was the most confused i had ever been in my whole life.

Two comments

  1. Santiago says…
    the United Kingdom

    Beamish and it's completely different but also still beamish

  2. Xanthe says…
    2w8373gz the United Kingdom

    @227 “Is Beamish Museum brat?”: the longest thread in forum history, clocking in at 72,300 pages of heated debate

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