30 years ago when we first started coming to Creepy Woods there was an already neglected and overgrown walled orchard, many of the fruit trees had gone, though 4 apple trees survived. We cleared their part of the orchard, including stripping the trees of invading bramble, and for a few years we collected the fruits of our labours. Then the wheel turned, our visits became less frequent, and finally, again neglected, we ignored the the trees, abandoning them to their fate. Now, some years on, only one apple tree remains, I'd imagine that too is living it's twilight years. Fallen, with most of it's roots truncated or exposed, and slowly disappearing beneath the undergrowth, this solitary tree keeps on flowering. Respect.
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