the Spread

The place where, beyond the marshes, the forest thins and five roads part ways. It's about half a day's walk from Holmford for a fit man, but the crossing of the marshes counts double, so the trip there and back fills a whole day. From here a causeway runs north across the mire — the left side holds, the right is bog — toward an old, abandoned steading with a room on its north side, and on toward the road to the Wool.