... not of major significance... it's just a tree down a quiet country lane... not a particulaly large or old tree, but it has a nice twist to it's trunk & it stands on it's own against the wind... so why, over the years, have so many people photographed it? Here are some I've found...
My shot from 2005...
A picture by Tony Austin
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyaustin/421275444/...
... another from Dawnbringer David
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7194060@N07/...
... & again by Tom Neal
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomneal/
... & most recently again by me from January, now that the opencasting has taken over the fields it once overlooked & fences have been erected to stop protesters...
... it's seen it all & thankfully it's now protected until the opencasting ends & the countryside returns to it's former state.
