A Wagon in the Woods : Pursuing a dream in an ancient forest

Join James Aldred on a captivating journey, encountering master craftsmen, British wildlife, and a deep passion for a remarkable landscape. There are some moments in childhood that are frozen in time, vivid and vital, an anchor.When James Aldred tracked down an old Romani wagon he once played in, he found himself inside one such moment again.Though brambles had overtaken its rotted boards and its wheels were barely there, it transported him to a magical summer in the New Forest forty years ago and awakened in him the possibility of reliving it with his young family.Pairing an ambition to restore the wagon to its former glory with a determination to share the Forest with his children, he embarked on a remarkable journey. In his evocative memoir, Aldred chronicles his return to a cherished childhood landscape, rich with the history of the Romani families who once roamed freely there.As he painstakingly restores the wagon, Aldred delves into both the New Forest's natural history and stori