Pleasant country areas for driving (5)

I believe the answer is:

woods

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'pleasant country' is the definition.
'woods' can be an answer for 'country' (thesaurus). I'm not sure about the 'pleasant' bit.

I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.

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(Other definitions for woods that I've seen before include "Collections of trees, closely packed" , "Groups of trees" , "Collection of closely packed trees" , "Tiger --, golfer" , "very tall if red" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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