Blogging about the hidden woods in the neighbourhood made me curious. I looked at a map and spotted another green area, less than ten minutes’ walk away, that I didn’t know anything about. It’s nestled among residential quarters just like ours, but there’s a slightly larger road between here and there, so I never end up there if I just go out for a walk.

It’s right across the street from a small park with a playground where I know for sure that I’ve been with the kids at some point, but even then I didn’t even notice the woods.

Now I went there to explore. It turned out to be a designated area for off-leash dog walking. There wasn’t a single dog there, at nine o’clock at night, nor any humans. But there were some paths and hills and rocks, as usual. The hills ended in a cliff, tall and steep enough to be fenced at the top, with a view out over old residential quarters towards the new student housing next to the railway line. I should go back there in proper daylight and with a proper camera some day.

The woods were mostly pine on the hilly bits and the cliff, but deciduous trees lower down, which was rather nice, because songbirds like them a lot better. Pine forests are much quieter than leafy ones.