An unexpected capture on the border between Hobbledown of reference 2 and the road called South View on what used to be the Long Grove mental hospital.
There was reasonable doubt in that while the tree was of the right general appearance, I was not able to inspect a live frond at close quarters and the base of the trunk, while deeply fissured in the approved manner, was not in any way red. However, the dead fronds on the floor looked about right and, after due consideration, a capture was awarded. Presumably one of the many exotic trees planted by one of the botanically minded superintendents.
We might be rich now and everything might all be for the best in the best of all possible worlds, but it is hard to conceive of the director of a large hospital today having the time, space, inclination or authority to plant exotic trees.
Street View does not make it onto the path between the two territories, but it does make it to South View. The finding of which reminded me of the convenience of gmaps being quite happy to process coordinates given in latitude and longitude.
Wannabee aerial photograph analysts are invited to say where the tree is. The path we were on runs upper left to lower right, the tree was quite close to the path and one could approach the base of the trunk without pushing, stumbling or shoving. Maybe one could have done something with the angles of the shadows on the Street View image - if only one had a date, a time and the book of logarithms.
In any event, for the moment, my bet is on the pale tree directly below the red roof - but not a bet of more than a tenner. Despite the tree being darker than its neighbours in real life, rather than lighter.
References
Reference 1: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2022/10/wellingtonia-100.html.
Reference 2: https://www.hobbledown.com/epsom/. With Epsom being one of their two sites.
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