One of the most beautiful trees in Europe is the 550 year old Arbour Oak in Wollaton Park, Nottingham My youngest son is at university in the City, and took this photo 30mins ago

This account is all about positivity, but I am amazed at how many wrong ‘uns initially confuse politeness for weakness. They seem genuinely shocked when my inner South London comes out

After being told that I care too much about ancient woodland & not enough about the economy, I have decided to cut back on the amount of idiots I listen to

Oak with no name, or a name only known to other oaks - Arnhem, the Netherlands A beautiful tree very close to the final resting place of a family member. A British Paratrooper who fell in 1944 Photo: Wim Brinkerink

My uncle broke ranks with my Methodist family & told me the Glyderau mountains of Dyffryn Ogwen are home to Gods, & Angels live in the rivers & trees on the valley floor As a child I listened in awe to his stories of a life with Nature, & still have no reason to not believe him

Oak with no name, or a name only known to other oaks - Arnhem, the Netherlands A beautiful tree very close to the final resting place of a family member. A British Paratrooper who fell in 1944 Photo: Wim Brinkerink

The flags marked the recently finished Vegan 3k race in Snowdonia of all 15 mountains over 3,000 feet, and would soon be removed I don’t doubt I would have found my way, but the race was unknown to me, but will always have my gratitude

The same Gods helped me when I took my parents ashes to the summit of Tryfan (as pictured) Cloud was down to 2,000 feet, and the route to the summit is notoriously dangerous in bad visibility I felt I had to continue, & soon found myself following a line of small red flags

My uncle broke ranks with my Methodist family & told me the Glyderau mountains of Dyffryn Ogwen are home to Gods, & Angels live in the rivers & trees on the valley floor As a child I listened in awe to his stories of a life with Nature, & still have no reason to not believe him

A fan favourite ‘Grandstand’ used for cricket, Australian rules football, rugby league, rugby union and association (English) football

The one hundred year old Moreton Bay Fig at North Sydney Oval, Australia

Trypophobia alert 🫣 This is an Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) from Central America & Western United States, filling his acorn larder If Trypophobia is new to you, it is an aversion to the sight of repetitive patterns or clusters of small holes or bumps

The Blenheim Estate lost an oak, and as they like their fallen trees to remain in place to encourage wildlife, they asked artist Matthew Crabb to do his magic Photo: Pete Seaward

Note the proud Englishman standing next to the tree for scale 🫡🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🌳

Nature’s Gold, England’s Glory

Who is missing our English Bluebells? A bluebell a week until they wake again next year #15

What song?

A photo a week of Spring in our woodland until everything wakes up again #5

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place Zora Neale Hurston

Deadwood is not Dead

Nothing to see here, just my eldest son with an average sized Kingdom of Kent oak 🥱🌳