Features Abound at the wood 

Scrobe’s Wood, a small wooded area possibly once part of Savernake Forest, a 3-mile long Forest that stretches out from Marlborough along the A4 and the A346. This particular formation resided someway out of the center of crop circle activity. Nevertheless, it proved to be one of the most interesting floor patterns on the ground this year! The Connector team investigates.  

It is always a pleasure to drive through the wooded glade of Savernake, in great anticipation of what is next installed for our intrepid investigation team. With our cameraman Julian Gibson now very much part of the Connector team, we received word that this formation was a little out of the ordinary. Intriguing we thought, as we finally arrived at the location. Unfortunately it was on a day, which was not great for photography, with light rain in the air, we had to wait until it cleared. But sure enough the typical English summer got the better of us, so we had to return.  

On a glorious summer morning we resumed our visit at this amazing formation. We just couldn’t believe our eyes as we entered the first part of the design. The outer ring itself had a wonderful platted central part, and this carried around the entire perimeter of the design. Something we hadn’t seen before on this scale. But this didn’t stop there, as the features increased, with a wonderful multiple center inside the main scalloped shape. These included six raised nest centers, similar to the West Stowell formation, in fact made by the same agency most certainly. However these centers were so tightly wound that it would have been very hard to ruin their shape if you sat on them, not that we would of course.   

The overall design was rather unusual, and seemed to be incomplete on first sight. I think this was purely an initial observation, but I still have my doubts that it wasn’t entirely finished. The reason for this is because the outline pathways appear to have sections of crop that should be flattened to enhance the overall design. This was more apparent as we walked around the narrow pathways, as they were I felt construction arc’s for the intended design.  

The overall construction on the ground was very impressive. Leaving the fascinating details aside, the floor pattern was neatly executed, especially the seven scalloped circles in the middle, beautifully flowing into each other, like running water!  

The design had certain fluidity to it, which certainly stood out from a lot of formations from this year. It also was important in pushing the boundaries out on the details that we normally expect to see within formations. These were certainly out of the ordinary, and may continue on future crop circle events? 

We shall have to wait and see in 2004! 

Report by Stuart Dike.

A Geometric Odyssey 

This evening I had the opportunity to take a flight over a new formation. At first the formation looked like your typical well crafted geometric design that we are now so used to seeing in the Wiltshire countryside. It was only as we got closer that I began to realise that this was turning out to be a far more complex creation. The main thing that struck me was the fine lines that danced around the main elements of this formation bringing an air of liberation into this otherwise formal layout. A wonderful sight to behold. 

I was able to visit the formation just before dark. On entering I could see an amazing delicate design fan out from the middle of the outer circle. This was quite remarkable. 

As I moved towards the centre I could appreciate the well-crafted lay of the many flattened circles. On reaching the centre I found six mysterious standing nests. Each nest stood about six inches from the ground. I looked around at this impressive formation and realised I was becoming part of a geometric odyssey.

Julian Gibsone.