Yesterday I was invited to The Wittenham Rose ceremony, which took place at the Earth Trust Centre at Little Wittenham. "The Rose Ceremony" has taken place since February 1970 when the landowners and the County Council drew up an agreement to allow the public "access at all times" to what is now the pasture land in the Little Wittenham Nature Reserve (see the photos above). In return for access, Earth Trust receive 'a peppercorn rent'. So, every year since 1970, a red rose has been presented at this mid-summer ceremony to celebrate the success of the arrangement and to look forward to the future.
We also officially opened a whole set of new steps (see photos top left), which have been undertaken as a project by many volunteers helping to ensure an easy access into the woodland nearby. 140 new steps and 104 metres of new pathway have been created to make a new circular walk. You can read all about it here.
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