The exhibition in Thurlbear Woods finishes today, so as dusk fell, I went to the woods with my family and brought home all the wooden labels that had been written on by visitors over the last sixteen days.

One hundred and twenty eight visitors wrote something onto the charred sticks, and here is the complete list of what they wrote, (in no particular order) :

1. smooth burn bark dark epic
2. adventure peace Hannah
3. carly
4. smells of bacon
5. smel lic bach brek black
6. wierd, black, watter surpent.
7. Rebecca. S.
8. SCORCHED SMOOTH SINUOUS 
9. WHO IS SINUOUS?
10. Black good White
11. Light Dark Geometric
12. order chaos
13. TREETLE FEETLE BEETLE
14. Grass 
15. awesome  sweet
16. dead trees growing
17. Dogs running free
18. PEACE
19. Death, Rebirth, Nurturing Nature
20. ADVENTURE Explore burnt
21. SAVE THE ASH
22. AMANDA & LYN WERE HERE
23. Dark Deserted Wired Black Smoking
24. Charlotte B
25. FEAR, HOPE, ALONE
26. Memorials poppies the past rembered
27. DARK, MAGIC, WITCH
28. RWG School…
29. Sad, uncolourful, missrbly.
30. exited,  hap,  cheerful
31. Joy. EXPLORATION.
32. GLOCKENSPIEL- SWEET
33. cydney smith
34. MUSIC.
35. GROWING, MYSTERIOUS, WILDWOOD
36. cool epic neat
37. Mrs T. Awesome
38. POO POO (visitor did a drawing of a steaming pile of poo) 
39. cool, epic, Amazingly good!!!!
40. EERIE YET INTRIGING 
41. AUTUMN
42. OAK. STILLNESS.
43. exited
44. alone, creative,
45. SPiRiTUAL, ETHEREAL, HAUNTING
46. ITS BEHIND YOU!
47. STRENGTH WITHIN NATURE
48. ALFIE BEAR BARTLETT. WOOF
49. DRIPPING/LEAFY/SOFT
50. magical, spooky, interesting
51. yapping, chasing, leaves
52. SPOOKY
53. love the beany
54. Pure, evil,new-birth
55. smooth  shiver  DARK
56. hope, ancient, mystical
57. A slide or snake, archs. YYY
58. Peace. TRANQUIL
59. OOH LOVELY SURPRISE!
60. Peace, calm, light
61. Fear, alone, hope
62. PEACEFUL, calm
63. 7/11/12 mojo, pixel TA2
64. HI VAL
65. BLACK, BLACKER, BLACKEST
66. FEAR NAUGHT
67. GYMNAST STATUES. SNAKES
68. Elfish, magical + stark
69. Sunny peaceful space
70. MUD SMILE SPACE
71. cool amazing adventure 
72. ME MYSELF, I
73. strange  fruit hanging
74. MINE, YOURS, OURS
75. Tranquil autumn wood
76. Smells of bacon very big
77. Artistic and black Meriden
78. For Nature to look at
79. Finding the sticks
80. ART NATURE EXPERIENCE
81. smoky, peaceful, calm
82. OLLIE THE COLLIE
83. LOVE LIGHT GRATITUDE
84. ood, black, wight
85. Victoria Pickard
86. LIGHT FLOATING DARK
87. Burnt peacefull enclosed
88. Creatfull, Space, Peace
89. Shamanism, witchdoctors, healing rituals/magic
90. EXOTIC, nutrious and Burnt
91. Thaisa
92. Bored and
93. BETTER THAN UKULELES
94. WITCH HUNT AT WEST HATCH
95. Fun. Fruity
96. QUIET RAIN WET
97. sad cool Amazing
98. Exciting Stimulating Art
99. Bubbling Brook
100. GROWTH, SMOOTH, BURNT
101. Muddy, leafy, cold.
102. Bored, weird angry
103. scary black spider
104. Calm, Fitting, Contrast.
105. STRENGTH, FIRE, SAPLINGS
106. BLAIR WITCH PROJECT
107. Light trees shaded
108. NATURE REMODELLED REBORN
109. Peaceful
110. wood great
111. Sad, Cool, happy!!!!
112. Death, spikey, Bent + bendy
113. WANT A STICK EVIE 2
114. marieanna
115. COME ON dogs
116. Beautiful transient timeless
117. Lovely and white
118. smooth great delicate
119. WEST HATCH WITCHES
120. TREASURE, PEACEFUL, BEAUTIFUL
121. CALM, NATURE, SPACE
122. THE EYLES FAMILY 10.11.12
123. SURPRISE MESSY PRETTY
124. WEST HATCH
125. WITCH
126. (The visitor drew a stick pattern on the charred stick)
127. MY FRIEND RUTH
128. segregation

I hope you enjoy reading these wide ranging thoughts. I have my top five favourites!