Out with Rob at Pitmedden surveying the carnage. A bit of mixed news. Firstly not as much has been destroyed as I'd feared, but the bit that the diggers have been in are wrecked. The clink is untouched, as is the southern end of the main forest. The middle climb to the pond is a quagmire, as is the section down to the windmill. The middle sections have also even destroyed. Luckily, heart of darkness is still in one piece apart from a few downed trees, but the steep narrow section that criss crossed the stream is unreachable through the deadfall. On the plus side, it wasn't as wet as I thought it would be, but the places the machines had been in were holding 6" to a feet of water.
Mixed news but looking forward to summer, hoping that the clearing might open up some new trails.