2020 New Directions

by | Feb 7, 2020 | Road Trips, Uncategorized

Geoff and I are excited about some changes we are making in our lives. So of course this includes Woodland Treasures. We are still in business and looking at ways to reduce the carbon footprint.This year Geoff is also completing his first stage of a Creative Writing...

How Did I Get Here? Part 3.

by | Aug 26, 2019 | Biography

The renovation project, which we began in the autumn of 1995, proved to be a life-changing experience. We installed an old static caravan on site in April of that year, and to it added insulation, electricity, plumbing, a shower, a toilet and a wood-burning stove. By...

How Did I Get Here? Part 2

by | Jun 30, 2019 | Biography

With a baby due in a few months and my wife leaving her job, I had to become more realistic about earning a living. I started working three days a week for my friend Mike, a high class joiner and furniture maker. I gave up smoking and cycled the twelve-mile round trip...

How Did I Get Here? Part 1

by | Jun 2, 2019 | Biography

My journey into woodwork began out of desperation to leave a job I hated. In 1981 I dropped out of my Zoology degree course, disappointed at its content and distracted by my subculture’s zeitgeist – aptly summed up by Ian Dury’s song “Sex and Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll”....

Wood Fair and Edinburgh Holiday

by | Nov 8, 2018 | Uncategorized

Peebles was gorgeous as always in the Autumn light. The wood fair was very well attended and has expanded since we last went. Big Si was making broomsticks at a very fast rate. I chatted to him before the rush. Beech, rowan and yew all in their best outfits. The...