Your bike in front of a nice/interesting tree

[FrothNinja]

Brierfield (I think)

 

[Oldhippy]

 

[Gillstay]

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Somebody really carefully knackered that poor tree.

 

[Oldhippy]

Indeed they did.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Beast of a tree ... outside Peckforton Castle entrance.

 

[Oldhippy]

 

[sevenfourate]

Beast of a tree ... outside Peckforton Castle entrance.
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Giant Redwood territory that circumference 😳

 

[Grant Fondo]

Giant Redwood territory that circumference 😳

Theres also a small forest of big pines when you cycle through the gates up to the castle.

 

[tyred]

Quite an elderly specimen, the weird lighting made it difficult to get a decent photograph.

 

[Sallar55]

 

[Gillstay]

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Aleppo Pine I reckon. Nice.

 

[Sallar55]

Old pine tree on the track,with its ref no.

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[FrothNinja]

A somewhat onesided tree with a view

 

[Windle]

I don't know what's going on with this fella, next to the old railway line over Cockfield Fell. I suspect some covert topiary has been involved. Or it could just be a coincidence. I imagine it could give someone riding there at night a bit of a scare though as it sits up on the embankment next to the track bed.

 

[All uphill]

My do-it-all bike in front of a Turkey Oak in the boundary between us and our neighbours.

Apparently lots of these fast growing oaks were planted early in the 19c when England was running out of native oaks for shipbuilding. Unfortunately Turkey oaks grown in our climate have lots of faults and are unsuitable for structural use.