Beeches

Early morning was frosty, foggy and a contrast with lower down where the day dawned bright.

By midday all was put right. Possibly the best day of the year for those seeking warmth and sun. A good day to look at beech trees.
Blacka has many of these and once again the best ones are those whose character has not been stunted by obtrusive management.

Uniformity is the enemy of character and that's often what tree surgery goes for. So get into the more hidden parts of the site where paths are less defined and the qualified power tool operative has never trodden.


The beech casts heavy shade and its leaf fall stifles much of the plant life below. But that in itself creates spaces unlike those under any other tree. And what monstrous shapes it makes with boughs going everywhere including so close to the ground you may have to climb just to walk past it.