Jan 13: Tree-mendous

See that tree over there...
Just take a moment to appreciate it.

For most of us, we get the chance to see a tree every day, but don't always take them for granted.

There are times when we notice trees a little more perhaps: when a cherry tree goes into full blossom, or at sunset in winter when the bare branches claw up at the sky.

Here's Dan Raven Ellison, a friend of ours walking through London looking up at the tree canopy.
There are plans to grow a Northern Forest, stretching across the country... There's a lot of land to cover there, and the map gives the impression that York will become a settlement in a forest clearing for example...
The Woodland Trust is getting some funding for this initiative.

For the last few years there have been major protests in the city of Sheffield, where trees are being removed as part of a contract with a large firm, ostensibly to improve the footpaths and roads, but the disruption of felling is causing more problems with barriers, and blockages to footpaths. It's a bit of a mess for all concerned, especially as some of the trees were planted as a war memorial for local men who died in the Great War...

Make the most of your local arborial assets... go out and hug a tree and say hello.

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