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  Definitely. Tree planting targets for Whitfield rather than housebuilding targets would be welcome.
  
  Disgustingly, a significant area of beechwood in Whitfield was axed in the 197os to make way for housing. I still recall vividly the sadness and the sound of chainsaws and the crunch as yet another mature giant fell. A small area was left intact - we used it as a play area - but even that was allowed to be sacrificed in the 90s (?) to make way for further houses.
  
  I feel sorry for today's kids. We simply had access to more space to play. Another area that went in the 80s was "The wasteground" near Whitfield Rec. OK, it was an overgrown chalk quarry but local children reaped endless fun there.
  
  One hopes that in these more enlightened times we can make up for this needless destruction. The sooner we realise we are part of the natural world and dependent on it the sooner we boost our survival chances. The era of treating the Earth as both larder and dustbin is drawing to a close.
  
  To complete this sad litany, the trees around Jennings Hole were felled and the hole filled in, bits of Lenacre Wood have been shaved off to gain a few square metres of agricultural land, various hedgerows grubbed up and other mature treees inside the village felled to make way for infill. All this just in Whitfield and I see no effort whastever to plant replacements. Indeed, the English seem to delight in creating faceless suburban sprawl.

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