veteran spanish chestnut tree

[Catweazle]

I does look like an Ash, but it's a slightly different colour to the coppiced ash trees I have, they are greenish with a thin covering of papery greyish bark and little diamond shaped marks. This one is more of a gold / yellow colour.

 

Could it be a different variety ?

[jonathan hall]

was in dordogne region in France a couple of months back, 100's sqr miles of sweet chestnut coppice, the ground was ankle deep in nuts that were good for eating. dont know what the poles are used for... did see a few barns clan in riven poles, must have been 10 year poles...