The New Forest felt particularly old, today; and parts of it decidedly ancient. Still, it would most likely outlast me.
In thirty or forty years time I would probably be buried deep or burnt to a crisp; whilst the forest would just be a little older, a little less sentient.
How morbid, I thought. But, realistic, I added. These trees have been here for absolute ages; some, for centuries – and the forest as a whole unbroken since William caused it to be planted. New it was then.
Graeme Sandford 
Without man, the forest would last for eternity…reseeding, new growth taking over where the old have fallen…kind of like life so to speak😊
Yup! Man has a lot of things to answer for. G:)
And that’s no fiction, pulp or otherwise🌴🌲🌳🌵😊
If that is where you say you walk the dog, has to be a pretty cool place to get ideas flowing in your head, no wonder you end up writing the things that you write
Lots of ideas – short stories felt the thing this morning – may post one as a taster – G:)