@vannabartlett.bsky.social Can you identify this chap sunning itself on a maple leaf in Westonbirt? 60mm leg tip to leg tip.

#postboxsaturday Westcombe, Somerset

Cedar (C. libani?), Bicton Park, Devon. 8.26m midriff #thicktrunktuesday

Champion Lucombe oak, Phear Park, Exmouth, UK. 8.7m of goodness. #thicktrunktuesday

Small-leaved lime, Glastonbury, Somerset, UK. #thicktrunktuesday

Sweet chestnut, Sundridge Park, Kent. Good Friday. 10.5m bole #thicktrunktuesday

I'm a fan of Windsor chairs and I knew they traditionally come from High Wycombe. I just found out that Wycombe Wanderers' nickname in the "Chairboys" ☺️

Western Hemlock, Scone Palace, Perth, Scotland. 7.28m waistline #thicktrunktuesday

Silver fir, Ardkinglas Woodland Garden, Argyll, Scotland. 9.75m around its waist when it breathes in. #thicktrunktuesday

British Champion Scots pine, Muirward Woods near Perth, Scotland #thicktrunktuesday

Victoria in Georgian Edinburgh #postboxsaturday

Douglas fir, RBG Dawyck, Scotland. #thicktrunktuesday

For #thicktrunktuesday, here's a lime spotted yesterday near Crickhowell. On the other side of the wall is the A40.

Catkins and snowdrops are all very lovely, but new leaves are the real deal. Hawthorn's out in Bath.

Tree highlights from the garden of Fulham Palace, former residence of the Bishop of London: Fulham oak (of course), 500-year-old holm oak, cork oak and paper-bark maple.

When your eBay book arrives wrapped in an OS map 😍

This talk about hospital CEOs (or head teachers) being "sacked", as if they deserve punishment, is unhelpful. Everyone comes to work wanting to do a good job, but organisations sometimes promote people into jobs which are too big for them. They should swiftly, quietly, be found a smaller role.