Thurstan

Some 25 or so years ago an elderly friend from Meeting converted a lot of garden veg plot into growing seedling trees.

This oak, glowing in the early morning sun, is one of a number of trees that we had from him as 2ft seedlings for our garden. A significant part of local woodland was repopulated by Thurstan's seedlings following the 1987 hurricane. He is now very elderly and frail, and in our thoughts at the moment.

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Another seriously cold but beautiful day today. S joined me on the trip to work and back as he's volunteering at the wildlife offices today and tomorrow.