The ancient sweet chestnuts of Greenwich Park

I went to Greenwich Park and took lots of pictures of trees, because it was a nice day. 

4 Comments

  1. 17 November 2007 at 4:23 pm | Permalink

    Nice new look to the blog, Harry. Very clean and clear. The trees are glorious.

  2. Harry
    17 November 2007 at 9:25 pm | Permalink

    Thanks. I find these old trees endlessly fascinating. Wikipedia seems to think they’re C17th, which is actually slightly younger than I imagined.

  3. 20 November 2007 at 8:05 pm | Permalink

    Awesome trees; great effect. Love the squirrel.

  4. Harry
    20 November 2007 at 10:04 pm | Permalink

    Yes, someone had clearly been feeding the squirrels, but the little buggers still didn’t stay still for more than a microsecond. Perhaps if I’d taken some peanuts.

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  1. By Sherry Chandler » Touring the blog roll on 20 November 2007 at 8:59 pm

    [...] the subject of neat photos, Heraclitean Fire offers a slide show of the ancient sweet chestnuts of Greenwich Park. Treebeards grandfathers, no doubt. They date from about the 18th [...]

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