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Botanist guide

Noor Haddad

Noor is a botanist who never managed to leave the hollow. She leads the low loop through the ferns and moss where the light comes down green, and by the end of it you will know nine kinds of moss you walked past for years.

08:00 The hollow gate
08:50 Green room
09:30 Seep spring
10:15 The tall pines
11:00 Up the steps

3 h

slowly

6 km

there and back

2 to 8

people

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About Noor
Nobody walks past a fern twice once they have really looked at one.
Noor Haddad, Botanist guide
Noor Haddad's emblem, a hand drawn line mark
Where she came from
Noor came for a three week moss survey six seasons ago and kept extending it. Her notebooks from the hollow are the reason the path was moved off the spring.
How she guides
She walks backwards half the time, facing the group, pointing at things at knee height. The lenses are not optional.
A walk with her
Three hours, almost no climbing, and most of it at a crouch. Wear trousers you do not mind getting wet at the knee.

The line, stop by stop.

08:00 The hollow gate
08:50 Green room
09:30 Seep spring
10:15 The tall pines
11:00 Up the steps
08:00 The hollow gate
08:50 Green room
09:30 Seep spring
10:15 The tall pines
11:00 Up the steps
The hollow gate on the Fern Hollow, around 08:00
Trailhead08:00
The hollow gate
Down the steps into the hollow. Noor hands out a lens to everyone and asks them to look at the first stone for a full minute.
Green room on the Fern Hollow, around 08:50
Rest08:50
Green room
A circle of ferns taller than the group, the light coming through them green. The quietest place on any line.
Seep spring on the Fern Hollow, around 09:30
Water09:30
Seep spring
Water coming out of the bank in a thin sheet over the moss. Noor counts the kinds on one stone; it is usually eleven.
The tall pines on the Fern Hollow, around 10:15
Viewpoint10:15
The tall pines
The hollow opens under the old pines and the floor dries out. Everything changes colour in ten steps.
Up the steps on the Fern Hollow, around 11:00
The end11:00
Up the steps
Back up into the ordinary forest, which will not look ordinary again.
The hollow gate on the Fern Hollow, around 08:00
Trailhead08:00
The hollow gate
Down the steps into the hollow. Noor hands out a lens to everyone and asks them to look at the first stone for a full minute.
Green room on the Fern Hollow, around 08:50
Rest08:50
Green room
A circle of ferns taller than the group, the light coming through them green. The quietest place on any line.
Seep spring on the Fern Hollow, around 09:30
Water09:30
Seep spring
Water coming out of the bank in a thin sheet over the moss. Noor counts the kinds on one stone; it is usually eleven.
The tall pines on the Fern Hollow, around 10:15
Viewpoint10:15
The tall pines
The hollow opens under the old pines and the floor dries out. Everything changes colour in ten steps.
Up the steps on the Fern Hollow, around 11:00
The end11:00
Up the steps
Back up into the ordinary forest, which will not look ordinary again.

Every stop on the line.

The same marks you see on the map, in the order you will walk them.

The same marks you see on the map, in the order you will walk them.

The hollow gate on the Fern Hollow, around 08:00

start

08:00

The hollow gate

Down the steps into the hollow. Noor hands out a lens to everyone and asks them to look at the first stone for a full minute.

Green room on the Fern Hollow, around 08:50

rest

08:50

Green room

A circle of ferns taller than the group, the light coming through them green. The quietest place on any line.

Seep spring on the Fern Hollow, around 09:30

water

09:30

Seep spring

Water coming out of the bank in a thin sheet over the moss. Noor counts the kinds on one stone; it is usually eleven.

The tall pines on the Fern Hollow, around 10:15

view

10:15

The tall pines

The hollow opens under the old pines and the floor dries out. Everything changes colour in ten steps.

Up the steps on the Fern Hollow, around 11:00

finish

11:00

Up the steps

Back up into the ordinary forest, which will not look ordinary again.

Who else is out

Who you might meet on this line.

Not a promise. Who has been seen on this line in twelve seasons, hour by hour, in the order you would meet them.

01/ 05
Grass snake
Fern Hollow 08:20
Grass snake
Warming on the steps in the first sun, gone into the ferns as soon as the lens comes out.
Some walks
Kingfisher
Fern Hollow 09:10
Kingfisher
A blue line down the seep and out over the creek. Over before anyone says look.
Some walks
Hedgehog
Fern Hollow 09:40
Hedgehog
Asleep under the ferns at the green room, once or twice a season. We walk round.
Rare
Roe deer
Fern Hollow 10:00
Roe deer
Drinking at the spring on early walks. They leave when we arrive and come back when we go.
Most walks
Woodpecker
Fern Hollow 10:30
Great spotted woodpecker
Under the tall pines, working the same dead trunk every year.
Most walks
Who else is out

Who you might meet on this line.

Not a promise. Who has been seen on this line in twelve seasons, hour by hour, in the order you would meet them.

01/ 05
Grass snake
Fern Hollow 08:20
Grass snake
Warming on the steps in the first sun, gone into the ferns as soon as the lens comes out.
Some walks
Kingfisher
Fern Hollow 09:10
Kingfisher
A blue line down the seep and out over the creek. Over before anyone says look.
Some walks
Hedgehog
Fern Hollow 09:40
Hedgehog
Asleep under the ferns at the green room, once or twice a season. We walk round.
Rare
Roe deer
Fern Hollow 10:00
Roe deer
Drinking at the spring on early walks. They leave when we arrive and come back when we go.
Most walks
Woodpecker
Fern Hollow 10:30
Great spotted woodpecker
Under the tall pines, working the same dead trunk every year.
Most walks
Who else is out

Who you might meet on this line.

Not a promise. Who has been seen on this line in twelve seasons, hour by hour, in the order you would meet them.

01/ 05
Grass snake
Fern Hollow 08:20
Grass snake
Warming on the steps in the first sun, gone into the ferns as soon as the lens comes out.
Some walks
Kingfisher
Fern Hollow 09:10
Kingfisher
A blue line down the seep and out over the creek. Over before anyone says look.
Some walks
Hedgehog
Fern Hollow 09:40
Hedgehog
Asleep under the ferns at the green room, once or twice a season. We walk round.
Rare
Roe deer
Fern Hollow 10:00
Roe deer
Drinking at the spring on early walks. They leave when we arrive and come back when we go.
Most walks
Woodpecker
Fern Hollow 10:30
Great spotted woodpecker
Under the tall pines, working the same dead trunk every year.
Most walks

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