Winnie the Pooh's real-life Hundred Acre Wood was hit by a forest fire
Winnie the Pooh's real-life Hundred Acre Wood was hit by a forest fire https://t.co/boUUqn3ctR pic.twitter.com/ecCP8BfTOB
- CNN (@CNN) April 29, 2019
-The forest that inspired the Hundred Acre Wood, Ashdown Forest, in East Sussex, lost 35 acres to a forest fire on Sunday
-The dry undergrowth, despite the rain, is responsible for the blaze
-The fire was brought under control on Monday
-A.A. Milne, who lived in nearby Cotchford Farm, Hartfield, would visit the Ashdown Forest in the 1920s to draw inspiration for the series of books
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