Back to Work It is now two weeks since workdays resumed in the Wood. Much of the work completed has been attempts to mitigate the damage done during the recent lockdown combined with the wet winter . In many places, paths have expanded to twice or even three times their original width, as people tried to keep social distancing rules and in places, to avoid particularly muddy sections. The new dead-hedge at the junction of the path into Dulwich Wood from the old railway line. The bare earth on the bank behind it shows the effect of excessive trampling, with no ground cover being able to survive. The closure of Cox's Walk Bridge has caused a worrying amount of new paths to have opened up as people sought short cuts though the cutting. This has caused damage to some of the most ecologically sensitive areas of the Wood. In particular, trampling has widened the path which has had a detrimental effect on the patch of sweet woodruff ( galium oderatum ). To try to encourage people...
