They hide in plain sight, the old timers. So quiet and unimposing, they're easy to miss and frequently are. Trees who've stood in the forest for centuries, watching the world go by and witnessing the changes in the forest has endured. An Oaks life is said to be divided into 3 trimesters, growing, living and dying. Trees like this I find hard to age, so many different factors are in play, but I'd say this old fella has stood witness for a good 2 or 3 hundred years, originating in a New Forest very different from today, and still standing witness to change.
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