England trip: Veteran trees

5 day trip II

After having organised the same trips for over 6 years, I ran into questions that made me decide to also organise another trip. This is how the "veteran trees only" trip started. In the previous trip (which I still organise) we went, besides visiting trees and forests, also to stone-circles.

Nowadays I've marked so many trees on my map that the whole trip can be filled visiting and experiencing these magnificent fellow earth dwellers (of whom only few have seen the "5 day Kent-trip" visitors)
During the yearly 13 day trip and the 5 day Kent-trip, we will still have plenty of time to visit stone-circles. It was during the 13 day trip, and also when we started our excursions for "tree experts", that we started introducing the forests of the south of England so successfully.

When I found this beech tree I knew for sure that I had to start a new trip besides the already existing one. The trip will be comprised of visits to the remains of the old forests and their trees. Upon arrival in Dover we are already very close to the first trees. We will visit several beech trees of the same caliber during this trip, all with their own specific shape, which depends on the place where they grow. The beech tree in the picture above has been given plenty of space by the surrounding forest.

This beech tree gets its shape from the steep slope on which it grows.
But besides beech trees we will see many other very interesting trees.

Like this old pigtail hedgerow (grown from hornbeam)
Or as you pictured below, an old brushwood mammoth tree.

Sometimes it is clearly visible that the trees, although found in the middle of the forest, have been used as inaugural places. This yew is flanked by two rowans functioning as gatekeepers. And behind it we see another beech tree with a crown like a royal hall.

Moreover, in the forest where these tree grow, also grow the first two mammoth trees in England, the oldest in the country.

The oak in the picture above you will also find at the beginning of this site. It is the oldest winter oak I've found in Europe.

In good old England it can be a complicated matter to find affordable accommodation for groups of people. The monastery where we stay during the other 5 day trip is, seen from an English point of view, quite cheap. For lodgings in other places you'll easily pay an extra 20 euros. So I've made an agreement with two English Inns to have people share a room, and to make the reservations some time ahead, so the trip will come to 665 euros. This is all-in, but excluding the picnic and beverages. I think his trip is perfectly suitable for groups.
This trip is, like all my trips, filled with long days. And with also on some evenings an evening program. Still it is possible for everyone to have their own moments of peace whenever needed, in consultation.

To the other 5 day trip
To the 13 day trip

See schedule for details.