A series of four programmes featuring people who live and work in the New Forest. 3: Art and Craft
This week Dennis Skillicorn meets Monica Coleman , a self-taught artist who found that the influence of the forest inspired her to start painting. With her old dog Cindy as her only companion she seeks out locations where she can spend a tranquil day, preferably where a lazy stream wanders beneath overhanging birch trees. Dennis met Monica at Moyles Court, near Fordingbridge and nearby he found Ronald Hayward busy thatching an old cottage. Ronald is carrying on a family tradition that was started by his great-grandfather and will continue through his own son Brian. For the Haywards it's an old craft that will never die.
Film ec:itor ALAN KNIGHT Producer JOHN COLFMAN iFirsl shown on BBC South)