12 weeks to raise £750,000

June 15, 2007

This is nothing to do with weddings and it’s only a little bit to do with photography, but it’s right in my back yard and it’s something that just needs doing.

Five miles from Battle in East Sussex there’s a rather beautiful wood. So beautiful it’s an area of outstanding natural beauty. It’s also a Site of Nature Conservation Interest. It contains ancient woodland (and we have very little of that left), gyll woodland (nope, I don’t know either) and open heathland. It is stuffed full of wildlife including wild boar and steeped in history.

You’ve probably guessed by now that I’m not just writing about this to tell you how beautiful it is.

It’s up for sale. It’s going on the market to the highest bidder to be carved up into lots. I really have no idea who will buy it but I’m guessing that only big firms and property developers have that kind of money. That’s if the Woodland Trust don’t buy it first. They have been given a ridiculously short 12 weeks to buy it. The price? £750,000. Since that works out at just over £1,000 an acre it sounds like a bargain to me.

If you can help then please pop over to the Woodland Trust Brede High Woods Appeal. Or just book your wedding with MyWeddingStory. Book your wedding between now and the end of the appeal and we’ll donate 10% of the booking fee to the Brede High Woods Appeal. No ifs, no buts. That will be in addition to any other donations we make to the appeal.

Even if you can’t help then I’d recommend the Woodland Trust site - there are some lovely pictures of the wood on there. See, it was a bit to do with photography…

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