• The mission to release...
Follow my journey to releasing an EP and setting up a community interest organization whilst living on the road and dealing with CPTSD. It would be wonderful for me if you did!
Towering above the Blackmore Vale next to the South West Ridgeway in North Dorset is a very steep slope with a very special resident. A 3000 year old Yew tree. A tree that was born somewhen in the late Bronze age and that was well established by the time the nearby Iron age Hill Fort began to be built. A tree that saw the Celtic Culture, The Roman Invasion and subsequent withdrawal, the Dark Ages, The Witch trials, right on through to (so far) two World Wars...The changes it's seen!
With their ability to self layer like this one has, there's a school of thought that Yew Trees may well be potentially immortal. They've certainly been viewed that way by cultures scattered across land and time. Legend, Myth and tradition? There's probably not a species of tree in Europe that comes close is there? The longbows of old that were used in so many battles, Yew a lot of the time. Keeper of graveyards and sacred places in every corner, the Yew trees are very important to us humans.
If you want to find this particular tree then be aware, the online grid reference is wrong. The spot of the available grid ref is a steep slope full of flint scree and fallen timber...and nowhere near the actual tree. Don't use it :)
I'll give you a clue on your quest to locate the tree, google satellite view helped me. Another thing this tree is living to see, satellites!
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