Quote Originally Posted by Alan H View Post
I also noticed the trees planted in perfect rows. That's not a natural forest, at all.

Nice view, anyway, though!
After two World Wars there was very little natural woodland left. A major replanting exercise took place immediately after WW2 partly to employ demobilised servicemen and of course replace what had been lost. This re-planting of old woodland and planting of new forest(often on unsuitable ground) continued well into the 1970's. The softwood woodland planted in the late 40's and early 1950's are now being harvested.Sadly very little hardwood was planted, but I understand that the new plantings of trees will contain a far larger proportion of hardwood.