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  • A fence warns walkers to this part of the ancient woodland habitat in Sydenham Hill Woods, on 18th November 2020, in London, England. Once part of the Nunhead to Crystal Palace (High Level) railway which once passed through this flat part of Sydenham Hill Woods, its track bed can be followed to a disused and closed tunnel which is now a registered bat roost. Sydenham Hill Wood forms part of the largest remaining tract of the old Great North Wood, a vast area of worked coppices and wooded commons that once stretched across south London. The habitat is home to more than 200 species of trees and plants as well as rare fungi, insects, birds and woodland mammals.
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  • A fence warns walkers to this part of the ancient woodland habitat in Sydenham Hill Woods, on 18th November 2020, in London, England. Once part of the Nunhead to Crystal Palace (High Level) railway which once passed through this flat part of Sydenham Hill Woods, its track bed can be followed to a disused and closed tunnel which is now a registered bat roost. Sydenham Hill Wood forms part of the largest remaining tract of the old Great North Wood, a vast area of worked coppices and wooded commons that once stretched across south London. The habitat is home to more than 200 species of trees and plants as well as rare fungi, insects, birds and woodland mammals.
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  • Smoke appears from a nearby bonfire amidst ancient woodland trees which are part of the National Nature Reserve of the Wyre Forest on 27th September 2020 near Callow Hill, United Kingdom. Although now the Wyre Forest has been much deforested, it is one of the largest remaining ancient lowland coppice oak woodlands in Britain.
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  • Smoke appears from a nearby bonfire amidst ancient woodland trees which are part of the National Nature Reserve of the Wyre Forest on 27th September 2020 near Callow Hill, United Kingdom. Although now the Wyre Forest has been much deforested, it is one of the largest remaining ancient lowland coppice oak woodlands in Britain.
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  • Ancient woodland trees which are part of the National Nature Reserve of the Wyre Forest on 27th September 2020 near Callow Hill, United Kingdom. Although now the Wyre Forest has been much deforested, it is one of the largest remaining ancient lowland coppice oak woodlands in Britain.
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  • Sheep graze close to Grim’s Ditch in front of ancient woodland at Jones Hill Woods on 24th November 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. A large section of Jones Hill Woods, which is believed to have inspired Roald Dahl’s children’s story Fantastic Mr Fox, is threatened with imminent destruction for the controversial HS2 high-speed rail project but work is currently paused following the raising of concerns by individuals and professional ecologists regarding the presence of rare barbastelle bats in the ancient woodland.
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  • Bluebells in spring woodland near Underriver, England, United Kingdom. Bluebells or H. non-scripta is particularly associated with ancient woodland where it may dominate the woodland floor to produce carpets of violet–blue flowers in bluebell woods, but also occurs in more open habitats in western regions. It is protected under UK law.
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  • Bluebells in spring woodland near Underriver, England, United Kingdom. Bluebells or H. non-scripta is particularly associated with ancient woodland where it may dominate the woodland floor to produce carpets of violet–blue flowers in bluebell woods, but also occurs in more open habitats in western regions. It is protected under UK law.
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  • Bluebells in spring woodland near Underriver, England, United Kingdom. Bluebells or H. non-scripta is particularly associated with ancient woodland where it may dominate the woodland floor to produce carpets of violet–blue flowers in bluebell woods, but also occurs in more open habitats in western regions. It is protected under UK law.
    20180421_bluebells_004.jpg
  • Bluebells in spring woodland near Underriver, England, United Kingdom. Bluebells or H. non-scripta is particularly associated with ancient woodland where it may dominate the woodland floor to produce carpets of violet–blue flowers in bluebell woods, but also occurs in more open habitats in western regions. It is protected under UK law.
    20180421_bluebells_003.jpg
  • Bluebells in spring woodland near Underriver, England, United Kingdom. Bluebells or H. non-scripta is particularly associated with ancient woodland where it may dominate the woodland floor to produce carpets of violet–blue flowers in bluebell woods, but also occurs in more open habitats in western regions. It is protected under UK law.
    20180421_bluebells_002.jpg
  • Bluebells in spring woodland near Underriver, England, United Kingdom. Bluebells or H. non-scripta is particularly associated with ancient woodland where it may dominate the woodland floor to produce carpets of violet–blue flowers in bluebell woods, but also occurs in more open habitats in western regions. It is protected under UK law.
    20180421_bluebells_006.jpg
  • An anti-HS2 activist crosses between trees about sixty feet above ground at a wildlife protection camp in ancient woodland at Jones’ Hill Wood on 6 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. The Jones’ Hill Wood camp, one of several protest camps set up by anti-HS2 activists along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project, is currently being evicted by National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd.
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  • An area of a wildlife protection camp in ancient woodland at Jones’ Hill Wood containing tunnels dug out by bailiffs from the National Eviction Team (NET) is pictured on 5 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. The Jones’ Hill Wood camp, one of several protest camps set up by anti-HS2 activists along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project, is currently being evicted by NET bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd.
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  • Daniel Marc Hooper, better known as Swampy, assists fellow anti-HS2 tree protectors from a makeshift tree house about sixty feet above ground at a wildlife protection camp in ancient woodland at Jones’ Hill Wood on 5 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. The Jones’ Hill Wood camp, one of several protest camps set up by anti-HS2 activists along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project, is currently being evicted by National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd.
    MK-20201005-HS2-Jones-Hill-Wood-Swam...jpg
  • A sign outside the wildlife protection camp set up by anti-HS2 activists in ancient woodland at Jones’ Hill Wood is pictured on 5 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. The Jones’ Hill Wood camp, one of several such protest camps set up along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project, is currently being evicted by National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd.
    MK-20201005-HS2-Jones-Hill-Wood-Swam...jpg
  • Daniel Marc Hooper, better known as environmental activist Swampy, secures a rope from a makeshift tree house at a wildlife protection camp in ancient woodland at Jones’ Hill Wood on 5 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. The Jones’ Hill Wood camp, one of several protest camps set up by anti-HS2 activists along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project, is currently being evicted by National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd.
    MK-20201005-HS2-Jones-Hill-Wood-Swam...jpg
  • Daniel Marc Hooper, better known as environmental activist Swampy, assists fellow anti-HS2 tree protectors from a makeshift tree house about sixty feet above ground at a wildlife protection camp in ancient woodland at Jones’ Hill Wood on 5 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. The Jones’ Hill Wood camp, one of several protest camps set up by anti-HS2 activists along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project, is currently being evicted by National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd.
    MK-20201005-HS2-Jones-Hill-Wood-Swam...jpg
  • Daniel Marc Hooper, better known as environmental activist Swampy, assists fellow anti-HS2 tree protectors from a makeshift tree house about sixty feet above ground at a wildlife protection camp in ancient woodland at Jones’ Hill Wood on 5 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. The Jones’ Hill Wood camp, one of several protest camps set up by anti-HS2 activists along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project, is currently being evicted by National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd.
    MK-20201005-HS2-Jones-Hill-Wood-Swam...jpg
  • Daniel Marc Hooper, better known as Swampy, assists fellow anti-HS2 tree protectors from a makeshift tree house about sixty feet above ground at a wildlife protection camp in ancient woodland at Jones’ Hill Wood on 5 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. The Jones’ Hill Wood camp, one of several protest camps set up by anti-HS2 activists along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project, is currently being evicted by National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd.
    MK-20201005-HS2-Jones-Hill-Wood-Swam...jpg
  • Daniel Marc Hooper, better known as Swampy, assists fellow anti-HS2 tree protectors from a makeshift tree house about sixty feet above ground at a wildlife protection camp in ancient woodland at Jones’ Hill Wood on 5 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. The Jones’ Hill Wood camp, one of several protest camps set up by anti-HS2 activists along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project, is currently being evicted by National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd.
    MK-20201005-HS2-Jones-Hill-Wood-Swam...jpg
  • A tree protector climbs towards a tree house about sixty feet above ground at a wildlife protection camp in ancient woodland at Jones’ Hill Wood on 5 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. The Jones’ Hill Wood camp, one of several protest camps set up by anti-HS2 activists along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project, is currently being evicted by National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd.
    MK-20201005-HS2-Jones-Hill-Wood-Swam...jpg
  • Daniel Marc Hooper, better known as Swampy, assists fellow anti-HS2 tree protectors from a makeshift tree house about sixty feet above ground at a wildlife protection camp in ancient woodland at Jones’ Hill Wood on 5 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. The Jones’ Hill Wood camp, one of several protest camps set up by anti-HS2 activists along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project, is currently being evicted by National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd.
    MK-20201005-HS2-Jones-Hill-Wood-Swam...jpg
  • Anti-HS2 signs are pictured outside a house close to ancient woodland at Jones’ Hill Wood on 5 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. A camp set up by anti-HS2 activists in order to try to prevent the felling of a large part of Jones’ Hill Wood for the controversial £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link is currently being evicted by National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd.
    MK-20201005-HS2-Jones-Hill-Wood-Swam...jpg
  • Ancient woodland at Jones’ Hill Wood is pictured on 5 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. A camp set up by anti-HS2 activists in order to try to prevent the felling of a large part of Jones’ Hill Wood for the controversial £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link is currently being evicted by National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd.
    MK-20201005-HS2-Jones-Hill-Wood-Swam...jpg
  • A farmer in a telehandler asks National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd for clarification as to why they are erecting a fence across his field during the eviction of anti-HS2 activists from a wildlife protection camp in ancient woodland at Jones’ Hill Wood alongside the field on 1 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. Around 40 environmental activists and local residents, some of whom living in makeshift tree houses about 60 feet above the ground, were present during the evictions at Jones’ Hill Wood which had served as one of several protest camps set up along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project.
    MK-20201001-HS2-Jones-Hill-Wood-camp...jpg
  • A farmer in a telehandler asks National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd for clarification as to why they are erecting a fence across his field during the eviction of anti-HS2 activists from a wildlife protection camp in ancient woodland at Jones’ Hill Wood alongside the field on 1 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. Around 40 environmental activists and local residents, some of whom living in makeshift tree houses about 60 feet above the ground, were present during the evictions at Jones’ Hill Wood which had served as one of several protest camps set up along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project.
    MK-20201001-HS2-Jones-Hill-Wood-camp...jpg
  • An anti-HS2 tree protector hangs from the arm of a cherry picker whilst National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd continue to dismantle his tree house at a wildlife protection camp in ancient woodland at Jones’ Hill Wood on 1 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. Around 40 environmental activists and local residents, some of whom living in makeshift tree houses 60 feet above the ground, were present during the evictions at Jones’ Hill Wood which had served as one of several protest camps set up along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project.
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  • A National Eviction Team bailiff obstructs the photographer’s camera as a farmer in a telehandler positioned on land not compulsorily purchased by HS2 Ltd asks for clarification as to why a fence is being erected across his field during the eviction of anti-HS2 activists from a wildlife protection camp in ancient woodland at Jones’ Hill Wood alongside the field on 1 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. Around 40 environmental activists and local residents, some of whom living in makeshift tree houses, were present during the evictions at Jones’ Hill Wood which had served as one of several protest camps set up along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project.
    MK-20201001-HS2-Jones-Hill-Wood-camp...jpg
  • A farmer in a telehandler asks National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd for clarification as to why they are erecting a fence across his field during the eviction of anti-HS2 activists from a wildlife protection camp in ancient woodland at Jones’ Hill Wood alongside the field on 1 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. Around 40 environmental activists and local residents, some of whom living in makeshift tree houses about 60 feet above the ground, were present during the evictions at Jones’ Hill Wood which had served as one of several protest camps set up along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project.
    MK-20201001-HS2-Jones-Hill-Wood-camp...jpg
  • A farmer in a telehandler asks National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd for clarification as to why they are erecting a fence across his field during the eviction of anti-HS2 activists from a wildlife protection camp in ancient woodland at Jones’ Hill Wood alongside the field on 1 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. Around 40 environmental activists and local residents, some of whom living in makeshift tree houses about 60 feet above the ground, were present during the evictions at Jones’ Hill Wood which had served as one of several protest camps set up along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project.
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  • Anti-HS2 tree protectors stand in a cherry picker used by National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd to dismantle their tree house at a wildlife protection camp in ancient woodland at Jones’ Hill Wood on 1 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. Around 40 environmental activists and local residents, some of whom living in makeshift tree houses 60 feet above the ground, were present during the evictions at Jones’ Hill Wood which had served as one of several protest camps set up along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project.
    MK-20201001-HS2-Jones-Hill-Wood-camp...jpg
  • An anti-HS2 tree protector looks down from a makeshift tree house about 60 feet above ground during evictions by National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd from a wildlife protection camp in the ancient woodland which inspired Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox at Jones’ Hill Wood on 1 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. Around 40 environmental activists and local residents, some of whom living in tree houses, were present during the evictions at Jones’ Hill Wood which had served as one of several protest camps set up along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project.
    MK-20201001-HS2-Jones-Hill-Wood-camp...jpg
  • Two anti-HS2 tree protectors look down from a makeshift tree house about 60 feet above ground during evictions by National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd from a wildlife protection camp in the ancient woodland which inspired Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox at Jones’ Hill Wood on 1 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. Around 40 environmental activists and local residents, some of whom living in tree houses, were present during the evictions at Jones’ Hill Wood which had served as one of several protest camps set up along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project.
    MK-20201001-HS2-Jones-Hill-Wood-camp...jpg
  • An anti-HS2 tree protector hangs from a tree during evictions by National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd from a wildlife protection camp in the ancient woodland which inspired Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox at Jones’ Hill Wood on 1 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. Around 40 environmental activists and local residents, some of whom living in tree houses, were present during the evictions at Jones’ Hill Wood which had served as one of several protest camps set up along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project.
    MK-20201001-HS2-Jones-Hill-Wood-camp...jpg
  • National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd try to move an elderly photographer away from a fence being constructed during evictions from a wildlife protection camp in the ancient woodland which inspired Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox at Jones’ Hill Wood on 1 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. Around 40 environmental activists and local residents, some of whom living in makeshift tree houses 60 feet above the ground, were present during the evictions at Jones’ Hill Wood which had served as one of several protest camps set up along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project.
    MK-20201001-HS2-Jones-Hill-Wood-camp...jpg
  • An anti-HS2 tree protector looks out from a makeshift tree house about 60 feet above ground during evictions by National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd from a wildlife protection camp in the ancient woodland which inspired Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox at Jones’ Hill Wood on 1 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. Around 40 environmental activists and local residents, some of whom in tree houses, were present during the evictions at Jones’ Hill Wood which had served as one of several protest camps set up along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project.
    MK-20201001-HS2-Jones-Hill-Wood-camp...jpg
  • Anti-HS2 activists and local residents observe National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd during evictions from a wildlife protection camp in the ancient woodland which inspired Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox at Jones’ Hill Wood on 1 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. Around 40 environmental activists and local residents, some of whom living in makeshift tree houses 60 feet above the ground, were present during the evictions at Jones’ Hill Wood which had served as one of several protest camps set up along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project.
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  • National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd form a line in front of an anti-HS2 activist during evictions from a wildlife protection camp in the ancient woodland which inspired Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox at Jones’ Hill Wood on 1 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. Around 40 environmental activists and local residents, some of whom living in makeshift tree houses 60 feet above the ground, were present during the evictions at Jones’ Hill Wood which had served as one of several protest camps set up along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project.
    MK-20201001-HS2-Jones-Hill-Wood-camp...jpg
  • National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd forcibly move an anti-HS2 activist away from a fence being constructed during evictions from a wildlife protection camp in the ancient woodland which inspired Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox at Jones’ Hill Wood on 1 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. Around 40 environmental activists and local residents, some of whom living in makeshift tree houses 60 feet above the ground, were present during the evictions at Jones’ Hill Wood which had served as one of several protest camps set up along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project.
    MK-20201001-HS2-Jones-Hill-Wood-camp...jpg
  • National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd try to move an anti-HS2 activist away from a fence being constructed during evictions from a wildlife protection camp in ancient woodland at Jones’ Hill Wood on 1 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. Around 40 environmental activists and local residents, some of whom living in makeshift tree houses 60 feet above the ground, were present during the evictions at Jones’ Hill Wood which had served as one of several protest camps set up along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project.
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  • National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd push an anti-HS2 activist through a fence during evictions from a wildlife protection camp in the ancient woodland which inspired Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox at Jones’ Hill Wood on 1 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. Around 40 environmental activists and local residents, some of whom living in makeshift tree houses 60 feet above the ground, were present during the evictions at Jones’ Hill Wood which had served as one of several protest camps set up along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project.
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  • A vegetable garden at Poors Piece Conservation Project is pictured on 23 September 2020 in Steeple Claydon, United Kingdom. Poors Piece Conservation Project was established by anti-HS2 activists with the full support of the landowner Clive Higgins to assist him in trying to conserve a strip of land on his farm containing a remnant of ancient woodland known as Poors Piece and to work alongside the local communities of Steeple Claydon and Calvert to try to protect their local environments from destruction for the HS2 high-speed rail link by means of communication and protest.
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  • A straw house at Poors Piece Conservation Project is pictured on 23 September 2020 in Steeple Claydon, United Kingdom. Poors Piece Conservation Project was established by anti-HS2 activists with the full support of the landowner Clive Higgins to assist him in trying to conserve a strip of land on his farm containing a remnant of ancient woodland known as Poors Piece and to work alongside the local communities of Steeple Claydon and Calvert to try to protect their local environments from destruction for the HS2 high-speed rail link by means of communication and protest.
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  • Banners and signs at Poors Piece Conservation Project are pictured on 23 September 2020 in Steeple Claydon, United Kingdom. Poors Piece Conservation Project was established by anti-HS2 activists with the full support of the landowner Clive Higgins to assist him in trying to conserve a strip of land on his farm containing a remnant of ancient woodland known as Poors Piece and to work alongside the local communities of Steeple Claydon and Calvert to try to protect their local environments from destruction for the HS2 high-speed rail link by means of communication and protest.
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  • An environmental activist climbs a tree towards a tree house at Poors Piece Conservation Project on 23 September 2020 in Steeple Claydon, United Kingdom. Poors Piece Conservation Project was established by anti-HS2 activists with the full support of the landowner Clive Higgins to assist him in trying to conserve a strip of land on his farm containing a remnant of ancient woodland known as Poors Piece and to work alongside the local communities of Steeple Claydon and Calvert to try to protect their local environments from destruction for the HS2 high-speed rail link by means of communication and protest.
    MK-20200923-HS2-Steeple-Claydon-Poor...jpg
  • Daniel Marc Hooper, better known as Swampy, assists fellow anti-HS2 tree protectors from a makeshift tree house about sixty feet above ground at a wildlife protection camp in ancient woodland at Jones’ Hill Wood on 5 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. The Jones’ Hill Wood camp, one of several protest camps set up by anti-HS2 activists along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project, is currently being evicted by National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd.
    MK-20201005-HS2-Jones-Hill-Wood-Swam...jpg
  • Daniel Marc Hooper, better known as Swampy, hauls up food to a makeshift tree house about sixty feet above ground at a wildlife protection camp in ancient woodland at Jones’ Hill Wood on 5 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. The Jones’ Hill Wood camp, one of several protest camps set up by anti-HS2 activists along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project, is currently being evicted by National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd.
    MK-20201005-HS2-Jones-Hill-Wood-Swam...jpg
  • Daniel Marc Hooper, better known as Swampy, assists fellow anti-HS2 tree protectors from a makeshift tree house about sixty feet above ground at a wildlife protection camp in ancient woodland at Jones’ Hill Wood on 5 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. The Jones’ Hill Wood camp, one of several protest camps set up by anti-HS2 activists along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project, is currently being evicted by National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd.
    MK-20201005-HS2-Jones-Hill-Wood-Swam...jpg
  • A tree protector climbs towards a tree house about sixty feet above ground at a wildlife protection camp in ancient woodland at Jones’ Hill Wood on 5 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. The Jones’ Hill Wood camp, one of several protest camps set up by anti-HS2 activists along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project, is currently being evicted by National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd.
    MK-20201005-HS2-Jones-Hill-Wood-Swam...jpg
  • Daniel Marc Hooper, better known as Swampy, assists fellow anti-HS2 tree protectors from a makeshift tree house about sixty feet above ground at a wildlife protection camp in ancient woodland at Jones’ Hill Wood on 5 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. The Jones’ Hill Wood camp, one of several protest camps set up by anti-HS2 activists along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project, is currently being evicted by National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd.
    MK-20201005-HS2-Jones-Hill-Wood-Swam...jpg
  • Daniel Marc Hooper, better known as Swampy, assists fellow anti-HS2 tree protectors from a makeshift tree house about sixty feet above ground at a wildlife protection camp in ancient woodland at Jones’ Hill Wood on 5 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. The Jones’ Hill Wood camp, one of several protest camps set up by anti-HS2 activists along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project, is currently being evicted by National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd.
    MK-20201005-HS2-Jones-Hill-Wood-Swam...jpg
  • An anti-HS2 tree protector with a smoke grenade climbs onto the arm of a cherry picker being used by National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd to dismantle his tree house at a wildlife protection camp in ancient woodland at Jones’ Hill Wood on 1 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. Around 40 environmental activists and local residents, some of whom living in makeshift tree houses 60 feet above the ground, were present during the evictions at Jones’ Hill Wood which had served as one of several protest camps set up along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project.
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  • An anti-HS2 tree protector looks down from a tree alongside a makeshift tree house about 60 feet above ground during evictions by National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd from a wildlife protection camp in the ancient woodland which inspired Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox at Jones’ Hill Wood on 1 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. Around 40 environmental activists and local residents, some of whom living in tree houses, were present during the evictions at Jones’ Hill Wood which had served as one of several protest camps set up along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project.
    MK-20201001-HS2-Jones-Hill-Wood-camp...jpg
  • Anti-HS2 activists and local residents observe National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd during evictions from a wildlife protection camp in the ancient woodland which inspired Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox at Jones’ Hill Wood on 1 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. Around 40 environmental activists and local residents, some of whom living in makeshift tree houses 60 feet above the ground, were present during the evictions at Jones’ Hill Wood which had served as one of several protest camps set up along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project.
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  • Two anti-HS2 activists stand with a NHS Not HS2 placard during evictions by National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd from a wildlife protection camp in the ancient woodland which inspired Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox at Jones’ Hill Wood on 1 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. Around 40 environmental activists and local residents, some of whom living in tree houses 60 feet above the ground, were present during the evictions at Jones’ Hill Wood which had served as one of several protest camps set up along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project.
    MK-20201001-HS2-Jones-Hill-Wood-camp...jpg
  • A tower at Poors Piece Conservation Project is pictured on 23 September 2020 in Steeple Claydon, United Kingdom. Poors Piece Conservation Project was established by anti-HS2 activists with the full support of the landowner Clive Higgins to assist him in trying to conserve a strip of land on his farm containing a remnant of ancient woodland known as Poors Piece and to work alongside the local communities of Steeple Claydon and Calvert to try to protect their local environments from destruction for the HS2 high-speed rail link by means of communication and protest.
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  • A hand-built house at Poors Piece Conservation Project is pictured on 23 September 2020 in Steeple Claydon, United Kingdom. Poors Piece Conservation Project was established by anti-HS2 activists with the full support of the landowner Clive Higgins to assist him in trying to conserve a strip of land on his farm containing a remnant of ancient woodland known as Poors Piece and to work alongside the local communities of Steeple Claydon and Calvert to try to protect their local environments from destruction for the HS2 high-speed rail link by means of communication and protest.
    MK-20200923-HS2-Steeple-Claydon-Poor...jpg
  • Reflection of trees in water in Epping Forest, an area of ancient woodland in south-east England, straddling the border between north-east Greater London and Essex. It is a former royal forest. It covers 2,476 hectares and contains areas of woodland, grassland, heath, rivers, bogs and ponds and is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
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  • Two girls horse riding in Epping Forest, an area of ancient woodland in south-east England, straddling the border between north-east Greater London and Essex. It is a former royal forest. It covers 2,476 hectares and contains areas of woodland, grassland, heath, rivers, bogs and ponds and is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
    20140615_epping forest_A.jpg
  • Fenced of area of ancient woodland at risk in the countryside in preparation for the beginning of construction of the HS2 high speed rail link in Ufton, England, United Kingdom. High Speed 2 is a planned high-speed railway which is aimed to be the new backbone of the national rail network, linking the south with the Midlands and furthe north. It is a highly topical and political issue due to the environmental impact for those along the route.
    20180429_hs2 land_015.jpg
  • Fenced of area of ancient woodland at risk in the countryside in preparation for the beginning of construction of the HS2 high speed rail link in Ufton, England, United Kingdom. High Speed 2 is a planned high-speed railway which is aimed to be the new backbone of the national rail network, linking the south with the Midlands and furthe north. It is a highly topical and political issue due to the environmental impact for those along the route.
    20180429_hs2 land_014.jpg
  • Fenced of area of ancient woodland at risk in the countryside in preparation for the beginning of construction of the HS2 high speed rail link in Ufton, England, United Kingdom. High Speed 2 is a planned high-speed railway which is aimed to be the new backbone of the national rail network, linking the south with the Midlands and furthe north. It is a highly topical and political issue due to the environmental impact for those along the route.
    20180429_hs2 land_010.jpg
  • Fenced of area of ancient woodland at risk in the countryside in preparation for the beginning of construction of the HS2 high speed rail link in Ufton, England, United Kingdom. High Speed 2 is a planned high-speed railway which is aimed to be the new backbone of the national rail network, linking the south with the Midlands and furthe north. It is a highly topical and political issue due to the environmental impact for those along the route.
    20180429_hs2 land_013.jpg
  • Fenced of area of ancient woodland at risk in the countryside in preparation for the beginning of construction of the HS2 high speed rail link in Ufton, England, United Kingdom. High Speed 2 is a planned high-speed railway which is aimed to be the new backbone of the national rail network, linking the south with the Midlands and furthe north. It is a highly topical and political issue due to the environmental impact for those along the route.
    20180429_hs2 land_011.jpg
  • Fenced of area of ancient woodland at risk in the countryside in preparation for the beginning of construction of the HS2 high speed rail link in Ufton, England, United Kingdom. High Speed 2 is a planned high-speed railway which is aimed to be the new backbone of the national rail network, linking the south with the Midlands and furthe north. It is a highly topical and political issue due to the environmental impact for those along the route.
    20180429_hs2 land_012.jpg
  • Fenced of area of ancient woodland at risk in the countryside in preparation for the beginning of construction of the HS2 high speed rail link in Ufton, England, United Kingdom. High Speed 2 is a planned high-speed railway which is aimed to be the new backbone of the national rail network, linking the south with the Midlands and furthe north. It is a highly topical and political issue due to the environmental impact for those along the route.
    20180429_hs2 land_009.jpg
  • The notification of a tree removal notice is attached to the trunk of an oak tree in Sydenham Hill Woods, the scene of a protest against the proposed felling of two 100+ year-old oak trees, threatened by Southwark Council because of their proximity to 'Pissarro's' footbridge whose renovation has been deemed necessary by the local authority, on 11th November 2020, in London, England. The Nunhead to Crystal Palace (High Level) railway once passed through the Wood and Impressionist artist  Camille Pissarro (1830–1903) famously painted a railway landscape from the bridge in the 1870s. Sydenham Hill Wood forms part of the largest remaining tract of the old Great North Wood, a vast area of worked coppices and wooded commons that once stretched across south London. The habitat is home to more than 200 species of trees and plants as well as rare fungi, insects, birds and woodland mammals.
    sydenham_woods13-11-11-2020.jpg
  • An activist against the proposed felling of two 100+ year-old oak trees, occupies the site under  'Pissarro's' footbridge whose renovation has been deemed necessary by the Southwark Council , on 17th November 2020, in London, England. The Nunhead to Crystal Palace (High Level) railway once passed through the Wood and Impressionist artist Camille Pissarro (1830–1903) famously painted a railway landscape from the bridge in the 1870s. Sydenham Hill Wood forms part of the largest remaining tract of the old Great North Wood, a vast area of worked coppices and wooded commons that once stretched across south London. The habitat is home to more than 200 species of trees and plants as well as rare fungi, insects, birds and woodland mammals.
    oaks_protest08-17-11-2020.jpg
  • An activist against the proposed felling of two 100+ year-old oak trees, occupies the site under  'Pissarro's' footbridge whose renovation has been deemed necessary by the Southwark Council , on 17th November 2020, in London, England. The Nunhead to Crystal Palace (High Level) railway once passed through the Wood and Impressionist artist Camille Pissarro (1830–1903) famously painted a railway landscape from the bridge in the 1870s. Sydenham Hill Wood forms part of the largest remaining tract of the old Great North Wood, a vast area of worked coppices and wooded commons that once stretched across south London. The habitat is home to more than 200 species of trees and plants as well as rare fungi, insects, birds and woodland mammals.
    oaks_protest14-17-11-2020.jpg
  • An activist against the proposed felling of two 100+ year-old oak trees, occupies the site under  'Pissarro's' footbridge whose renovation has been deemed necessary by the Southwark Council , on 17th November 2020, in London, England. The Nunhead to Crystal Palace (High Level) railway once passed through the Wood and Impressionist artist Camille Pissarro (1830–1903) famously painted a railway landscape from the bridge in the 1870s. Sydenham Hill Wood forms part of the largest remaining tract of the old Great North Wood, a vast area of worked coppices and wooded commons that once stretched across south London. The habitat is home to more than 200 species of trees and plants as well as rare fungi, insects, birds and woodland mammals.
    oaks_protest07-17-11-2020.jpg
  • An activist against the proposed felling of two 100+ year-old oak trees, occupies the site under  'Pissarro's' footbridge whose renovation has been deemed necessary by the Southwark Council , on 17th November 2020, in London, England. The Nunhead to Crystal Palace (High Level) railway once passed through the Wood and Impressionist artist Camille Pissarro (1830–1903) famously painted a railway landscape from the bridge in the 1870s. Sydenham Hill Wood forms part of the largest remaining tract of the old Great North Wood, a vast area of worked coppices and wooded commons that once stretched across south London. The habitat is home to more than 200 species of trees and plants as well as rare fungi, insects, birds and woodland mammals.
    oaks_protest13-17-11-2020.jpg
  • Activists protest in Sydenham Hill Woods against the proposed felling of two 100+ year-old oak trees, threatened by Southwark Council because of their proximity to 'Pissarro's' footbridge whose renovation has been deemed necessary by the local authority, on 17th November 2020, in London, England. The Nunhead to Crystal Palace (High Level) railway once passed through the Wood and Impressionist artist  Camille Pissarro (1830–1903) famously painted a railway landscape from the bridge in the 1870s. Sydenham Hill Wood forms part of the largest remaining tract of the old Great North Wood, a vast area of worked coppices and wooded commons that once stretched across south London. The habitat is home to more than 200 species of trees and plants as well as rare fungi, insects, birds and woodland mammals.
    oaks_protest05-17-11-2020.jpg
  • Activists' banners in Sydenham Hill Woods against the proposed felling of two 100+ year-old oak trees, threatened by Southwark Council because of their proximity to 'Pissarro's' footbridge whose renovation has been deemed necessary by the local authority, on 11th November 2020, in London, England. The Nunhead to Crystal Palace (High Level) railway once passed through the Wood and Impressionist artist  Camille Pissarro (1830–1903) famously painted a railway landscape from the bridge in the 1870s. Sydenham Hill Wood forms part of the largest remaining tract of the old Great North Wood, a vast area of worked coppices and wooded commons that once stretched across south London. The habitat is home to more than 200 species of trees and plants as well as rare fungi, insects, birds and woodland mammals.
    sydenham_woods11-11-11-2020.jpg
  • Activists' banners in Sydenham Hill Woods against the proposed felling of two 100+ year-old oak trees, threatened by Southwark Council because of their proximity to 'Pissarro's' footbridge whose renovation has been deemed necessary by the local authority, on 11th November 2020, in London, England. The Nunhead to Crystal Palace (High Level) railway once passed through the Wood and Impressionist artist  Camille Pissarro (1830–1903) famously painted a railway landscape from the bridge in the 1870s. Sydenham Hill Wood forms part of the largest remaining tract of the old Great North Wood, a vast area of worked coppices and wooded commons that once stretched across south London. The habitat is home to more than 200 species of trees and plants as well as rare fungi, insects, birds and woodland mammals.
    sydenham_woods10-11-11-2020.jpg
  • Trees in woodland at Bannams Wood on 20th June 2020 near Studley, United Kingdom. Bannams Wood is a small piece of ancient woodland, part of the original Wildwood which coverered the UK many thousands of years ago. British wildwood, or simply the wildwood, is the wholly natural landscape which developed across major parts of England after the last ice age. This woodland had not yet been affected by human intervention.
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  • Trees in woodland at Bannams Wood on 20th June 2020 near Studley, United Kingdom. Bannams Wood is a small piece of ancient woodland, part of the original Wildwood which coverered the UK many thousands of years ago. British wildwood, or simply the wildwood, is the wholly natural landscape which developed across major parts of England after the last ice age. This woodland had not yet been affected by human intervention.
    20200620_ancient woodland_002.jpg
  • Bluebells on Hampstead Heath (locally known as "the Heath") is a large, ancient London park, covering 320 hectares (790 acres). This grassy public space is one of the highest points in London, running from Hampstead to Highgate. The Heath is rambling and hilly, embracing ponds, recent and ancient woodlands.
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  • An activist from HS2 Rebellion, an umbrella campaign group comprising longstanding campaigners against the HS2 high-speed rail link as well as Extinction Rebellion activists, holds a sign outside Downing Street calling for England’s ancient woodlands to be saved on 4 September 2020 in London, United Kingdom. A rally was held by HS2 Rebellion in Parliament Square as well as direct action at the Department of Transport during which activists glued themselves to the doors and pavement outside and sprayed fake blood around the entrance in protest against the high-speed rail link.
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  • Tree houses in an area of the wildlife protection camp in Jones’ Hill Wood from which anti-HS2 activists are being evicted by National Eviction Team bailiffs working on behalf of HS2 Ltd are pictured on 1 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. Around 40 environmental activists and local residents, some of whom living in makeshift tree houses 60 feet above the ground, were present during the evictions at Jones’ Hill Wood which had served as one of several protest camps set up along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project.
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  • A sign showing local opposition to the Oxford-Cambridge Expressway is pictured on 23 September 2020 in Steeple Claydon, United Kingdom. The £3.5 billion Oxford-Cambridge Expressway is a 80-mile road linking the two cities which is currently in the design and consultation phase and which has already met opposition from environmental campaigners.
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  • Anti-HS2 activists from HS2 Rebellion and Stop HS2 march with a handmade ‘Boris The Bank Engine’ train from Buckingham Palace to a rally in Parliament Square on 1st September 2020 in London, United Kingdom. HS2 Rebellion activists are attending Extinction Rebellion’s September Rebellion protests in London to call on the government to cancel the controversial HS2 high-speed rail link on the grounds of its hugely detrimental environmental impact and its estimated £106bn cost.
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  • A tourist crouches on the original 4th century marble starting line at ancient Olympia's athletics track where both ancient Greeks and Romans held their games. Nike was the Goddess of Victory to whom Olympic athletes made offerings and prayers before competition. Hercules is said to have paced out the 600 Greek feet, or 'Stadion,' from which we get the word 'Stadium'. Olympic spectators suffered dehydration due to to extreme heat. The 29th modern Olympic circus came home to Greece in 2004 and at the birthplace of athletics and the Olympic ideal, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now.
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  • Tourists lunge over the original 4th century start/finish line in the stadium at Olympia. Hercules is said to have paced out the 600 Greek feet - or Stadion - from which we get the word 'stadium'. On the grassy bank in the background is where the seating once accommodated the many sporting pilgrims who travelled to this place from all over Greece during agreed truces in the weeks of the Olympic festival. The 29th Olympics came home to Greece in 2004 and the birthplace of athletics, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now and the 2004 Athens Olympiad echoed both what was great and horrid about the past.
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  • Fallen Ionic and Doric columns lay in the undergrowth at Olympia, Peloponnese, Greece. The 29th modern Olympic circus came home to Greece in 2004 and in the birthplace of athletics and the Olympic ideal, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery here. These fluted columns that date to about 400BC that now lie in the shade were originally piled on top of each other to construct - among other buildings too - the Temple of Zeus. There, the athletes made offerings to Nike, the Goddess of Victory before going out to compete in the many sports. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now.
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  • A toilet sign sits near the standing Doric columns and tourists at Olympia's Palaestra or wrestling school. Here, training, instruction and bathing took place in the month before the Games. The 29th modern Olympic circus came home to Greece in 2004 and the birthplace of athletics, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now and the 2004 Athens Olympiad echoed both what was great and horrid about the past.
    greek_olympiad003-20-10_2003_1.jpg
  • A mature tree felled by contractors for the HS2 high-speed rail link close to Grim’s Ditch is pictured on 24th November 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. Grim’s Ditch is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, an earthwork believed to originate in the 1st millennium BC bordered by historically important hedgerows, and the HS2 project is expected to destroy around one-third of a 350-metre section of the ditch.
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  • Saplings planted by HS2 contractors as a measure intended to mitigate for the destruction of nearby ancient woodland at Jones Hill Woods are pictured on 24th November 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. A large section of Jones Hill Woods, which is believed to have inspired Roald Dahl’s children’s story Fantastic Mr Fox, is threatened with imminent destruction for the controversial HS2 high-speed rail project but work is currently paused following the raising of concerns by individuals and professional ecologists regarding the presence of rare barbastelle bats in the ancient woodland.
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  • Walking friends enjoy a rest on benches at an outdoor cafe in Epping Forest, Essex, England. Gathered on bench seats and wrapped up against a Spring chill, the people sit with foam cups of tea, talking next to another person whose pet American Staffordshire Terrier is on a lead. The outdoor cafe is in a car park inside Epping Forest, an area of ancient woodland in south-east England, straddling the border between north-east Greater London and Essex. It covers 2,476 hectares and contains areas of woodland, grassland, heath, rivers, bogs and ponds - popular with families and more serious walkers.
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  • Wide landscape of the 12th-century ruins Augustinian monastery—now generally known as Bolton Priory. It sits within the landscape of the Yorkshire Dales, adjacent to the village of Bolton Abbey. The monastery was founded in 1154 by the Augustinian order, on the banks of the River Wharfe. The land at Bolton, as well as other resources, were given to the order by Lady Alice de Romille of Skipton Castle in 1154. It is now a popular loaction for families and walkers who can trek the River Wharfe upstream into ancient woodland.
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  • Families risk falling in the River Wharfedale while walking over the stepping stones at Augustinian Bolton Priory, North Yorkshire. Carefully stepping stone by stone, a young girl holds the hand of an adult who guides her across to the other side. The monastery was founded in 1154 by the Augustinian order, on the banks of the River Wharfe. The land at Bolton, as well as other resources, were given to the order by Lady Alice de Romille of Skipton Castle in 1154. It is now a popular loaction for families and walkers who can trek the River Wharfe upstream into ancient woodland.
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  • Thames Valley Police officers arrest an anti-HS2 tree protector during evictions by National Eviction Team bailiffs from a wildlife protection camp in the ancient woodland which inspired Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox at Jones’ Hill Wood on 1 October 2020 in Aylesbury Vale, United Kingdom. Around 40 anti-HS2 activists and local residents, some of whom living in makeshift tree houses 60 feet above the ground, were present during the evictions at Jones’ Hill Wood which had served as one of several protest camps set up along the route of the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link in order to resist the controversial infrastructure project.
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  • Two ladies are shopping in a tourist trinket store in the Plaka shopping centre, the largest official Olympic merchandising outlet in downtown Athens. The 29th modern Olympic circus is gearing up for business and official and unofficial souvenirs are on sale here, including postcards and table mats with various works of art available on a rack. We see the Parthenon on the Acropolis Hill, Michelangelo's 'Hands of God and Adam' image from the Sistine Chapel. 'Last Supper' by Leonardo da Vinci and a landscape from ancient Olympia, the birthplace of modern athletics and of the Olympic ideal. The Olympics came home to Greece in 2004 amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. Corruption, politics, cheating and commercialism interfered with the ancient and modern games.
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  • On a partially-demolished building, a mural of the ancient  Goddess Nike remains chipped and scraped on an old restaurant wall. Nike was the Goddess of Victory to whom Olympic athletes made offerings and prayers at the Temple of Zeus before competition but this site is in the heart of the modern town of Olympia that has grown up around the birthplace of athletics, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now and the 2004 Athens Olympiad echoed both what was great and horrid about the past.
    greek_olympiad001-20-10_2003_1_1.jpg
  • Standing in the corner of a brightly sun-lit window, a classical reproduction bust is seen in a hotel foyer in the modern town of Olympia, the birthplace of athletics and the Olympic ideal. Amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery. The modern games share many characteristics with its ancient counterpart. Corruption, politics and cheating interfered then as it does now and the 2004 Athens Olympiad echoed both what was great and horrid about the past.
    greek_olympiad002-20-10_2003_1.jpg
  • White plaster or cement Goddess statuettes stand on sale on the forecourt of a garden art business in an Athens suberb, Marathonas Avenue - the original Marathon route of 490 BC. The mostly female figurines are in various poses but are all nudes and are in various gestures of a classical heroic style. Those in the foreground have their arms at the heads and moulded breasts and bodies to show the perfect female form while further to the back are male Gods placed on plinths and in recesses. The 29th modern Olympic circus came home to Greece in 2004 and the birthplace of athletics and the Olympic ideal, amid the woodland of ancient Olympia where for 1,100 continuous years, the ancients held their pagan festival of sport and debauchery.
    greek_olympiad011-23-10_2003_1.jpg
  • Anti-HS2 activists occupy a mature oak tree alongside the Fosse Way in order to try to prevent or delay its felling in connection with the HS2 high-speed rail link on 24th August 2020 in Offchurch, United Kingdom. The controversial HS2 infrastructure project is currently expected to cost £106bn and will destroy or significantly impact many irreplaceable natural habitats, including 108 ancient woodlands.
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  • Anti-HS2 activists pay their respects to a still-damp mature oak tree felled alongside the Fosse Way as part of works in connection with the HS2 high-speed rail link on 24th August 2020 in Offchurch, United Kingdom. The controversial HS2 infrastructure project is currently expected to cost £106bn and will destroy or significantly impact many irreplaceable natural habitats, including 108 ancient woodlands.
    MK-20200824-HS2-Fosse-Way-oak-tree-f...jpg
  • Anti-HS2 activists carry a banner along the Fosse Way on 24th August 2020 in Offchurch, United Kingdom. Environmental activists based at wildlife protection camps in Warwickshire have been trying to prevent or delay the felling of large numbers of trees in connection with the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link, which will destroy or significantly impact many irreplaceable natural habitats including 108 ancient woodlands.
    MK-20200824-HS2-Fosse-Way-oak-tree-f...jpg
  • Anti-HS2 activists carry a Stop HS2 banner along the Fosse Way on 24th August 2020 in Offchurch, United Kingdom. Environmental activists based at wildlife protection camps in Warwickshire have been trying to prevent or delay the felling of large numbers of trees in connection with the £106bn HS2 high-speed rail link, which will destroy or significantly impact many irreplaceable natural habitats including 108 ancient woodlands.
    MK-20200824-HS2-Fosse-Way-oak-tree-f...jpg
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