The GardenDespatches from The Satyrs’ Forest

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

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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.

2 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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