dont give up!!!!

[Frank]

What an amazing Tree.

 

 

 

Props rather than pruning, is the way to go.

 

 

I agree, dont start cutting the old girl. Thats like force feeding a 98 yr old person drugs and injections, just give em a comfy bed to rest on. Shes in no pain.

 

 

Just pledge that once a year you will go and find a nice spot to photograph her. and do so until either you or her cant anymore.

[mattylee]

i absolutley love trees like this,they are almost unstopable,that will no doubt live for many more years to come...

 

coooooollll

[firewoodman]

and here she is with her top off now

 

very lord of the rings

[David oakman]

Ilike the way you call it she as its short and fat:001_smile:

[THE88MAN]

Ilike the way you call it she as its short and fat:001_smile:

must be a she david....no dangly bits

[firewoodman]

of course its a she....... this pick proves it

[Mark Bolam]

Great pictures!

 

Leave the old girl be.

 

If she does happen to fall on a rambler help yourself to the Goretex....

[Graham]

 

Old pic of Lydham Manor oak taken in 1988. She has a girth of c41 feet and is a remnant of medieval pollard woodland. Estimated to be 600-800 yrs old.

 

I did some very selective weight reduction the following year to try and ensure those branch unions held out.

 

Let's hope the old girl in your pic can hold out as long.

[David oakman]

About four weeks ago i noticed an arial root coming out of the bark on an old oak in the park it was about 9 inches above the ground, i walked the dogs round that way yesterday and it is in the ground and will not move with your fingers. These old trees if left will do anything they can to stay alive.

[Dean Lofthouse]

Bit off topic but those are nice dogs in your Advtar David.

 

Black Lab

Golden Lab

 

But what's the one at the back ??

 

Can't quite make out what sort of mongrel that is