We went to Puzzle Wood near Coleford yesterday. It was a lovely sunny morning and quite warm which was a nice change from the snow we have had earlier in the month. I'd never been to Puzzle Wood before, but reading about it online it is said to have been somewhat of an inspiration to JRR Tolkien for his novel Lord of the Rings. It's a photographers dream location. It is a labyrinth of ricketty old fences and worn and uneven steps and rocks covered in moss and fungi. A per

This was my third visit here. I love history, especially British history, and visiting places like this is like taking a step into the past. This is in Dudley and is like a little village around industry dating back to the early 1900s. The houses are very small, some are back to back houses, and very basic compared to our standards today. Back then the women, including wives with children went to work making chains - they wouldn't be allowed to do that today with all the