West Coast Faller

[bill]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4640747.stm

 

 

are they native?

[tockmal]

pity we havent got those size trees over here.

 

We do, thanks to the intrepid Victorian seed collectors like David Douglas who went all over the world exploring for new tree species to bring home and start collections right here in Britain.

 

Here is some I was lucky enough to be involved with working on recently...theres loads of places like this all over the UK, check out the back pages of Alan Mitchells 'Trees of Britain and Northern Europe' for details of where to find the biggies.

 

We have a lot to thank these guys for......

[Mr Ed]

That must have been enjoyable working on those beauties Tim. Cant see the supercarry anywhere though

[squisher]

Beauty looking trees! Very nice.

[Mark T]

The doug firs are right skinny bitches anyway so in terms of timber volume non starters

 

Resurrecting a bit of an old thread here but I have to stick up for the old Douggies... Some friends and I climbed and measured the UK's tallest tree (a Douglas Fir) - the Stronardron Douglas - and it was just awsome... Easily 25' girth and 209ft high. David Alderman from The Tree Register told me it was thought to be "the finest stick in Europe".

 

There are some belters about!