Wellingtonia 95

These two Wellingtonia were captured on our right as we headed towards Epsom on the M3, somewhere between junction 4 and junction 3. Probably a little to the north of Camberley tennis club, to be found at reference 2, from which I learn that the Camberley tennis club tennis is not played on grass, despite the full name of the club.

The tree on the left, the one with the sun behind it, was a bit bald on top, so perhaps suffering a bit from the summer drought. It would not have helped that I think the soil thereabouts is very sandy. Surrey heath land.

The Google cameras seem to have been a bit thrown by the sun as I was not able to extract a better snap from Street View. A snap which is permitted by the relaxation of the capture rules in respect of trees on the margins of motorways on which stopping is not permitted, even for something as important as this.

PS 1: while I am on, I might mention that Brockenhurst, from where we set off this morning, is old fashioned enough to sport a fully functioning high street, actually called Brookley Road, complete with a baker and a butcher. There might well have been a greengrocer. And there was a small herd of donkeys, including some foals, wandering around in the margins. For some reason, still called a village despite its size and thriving shopping scene. See reference 3 for history ancient and modern.

PS 2: we enjoyed our fresh white bread and butter for lunch today. A very pleasant change from the large number of meals which we have taken in public houses over the past week or so; meals which were good enough in their way, some very good, but all very strong on both flavours and cooking oil.

References

Reference 1: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2022/09/wellingtonia-94.html.

Reference 2: https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/CamberleyLawnTennisClub.

Reference 3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brockenhurst.

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