Out & About …

… on the North York Moors, or wherever I happen to be.

Tag: Scots Pine

  • The unmistakable silhouette of Scots Pine …

    The unmistakable silhouette of Scots Pine …

    … ‘haloed‘ by the National Trust to give a breathing space and a chance to harden up before the remaining larch plantation is felled next winter. These trees are on a ridge called, quite coincidentally I think Scot Ridge, in Bransdale in the heart of the North York Moors. Barker Plantation is shown on the…

  • Bransdale

    Bransdale

    A pair of Scots Pines in Bransdale. Scots pines are the only truly native pines in Britain although the tree was believed to have become extinct in England about 300–400 years ago so these two are the result of re-introductions possibly self-seedlings from the nearby Barker Plantation on Groat Hill. It is only in Scotland,…