You wear it well Chris - the tree looks pretty old too! ;o)

Chris Phillips: Thank you Mike: we're both pretty ancient

that purple sweatshirt is a colour departure for you Safari Joe !

Warning - When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple
By Jenny Joseph

When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple
with a red hat that doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves and satin candles, and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I am tired
and gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
and run my stick along the public railings
and make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
and pick the flowers in other people's gardens
and learn to spit.
You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
and eat three pounds of sausages at a go
or only bread and pickles for a week
and hoard pens and pencils and beer nuts and things in boxes.
But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
and pay our rent and not swear in the street
and set a good example for the children.
We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.
But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.

Chris Phillips: Good stuff Jude: I've read this somewhere before but cannot remember where

Right so this is ONE. On the Chadian principle we should now inch closer to this tree over a period. Thus number two should be in about mid August.

That's a great tree by the way. I was looking up old Yew trees and it seems there are quite a lot of "sacred" old Yew trees in churchyards around the country.

Chris Phillips: Indeed there are Bill, and with my pendulum I can locate their auras. Believe me: trees have auras. When they die the aura goes

I like Jude's piece. I have never read this before.

Chris Phillips: What a gal - eh!

Thats a very big tree, I see you were doing a bit of bird watching at the same time.

Chris Phillips: Yes I was Aussie

Just look at how happy you are, Chris!!! The world is your veritable lobster and now the sky is your limit!

Chris Phillips: There's no stopping me Ginnie!

Yew really have yewsed some extrordinary camera yewsage skills as yew took this. Well done to yew. richard

Chris Phillips: And I am obliged to yew too!

What's this about a pendulum? You're a bit of an alternative type on the quiet. Are you into ley lines as well? BTW, I love that poem that Jude quoted - I am already well on my way and practising like mad! Love the tree - did you see its aura?
Ingrid

Chris Phillips: Oh yes Ingrid: dowsing, ley lines etc are all part of my thing. And a bit of reiki & a smidgeon of kinesiology too

Now thats a tree.after reading Judes and Richard words I am tied I need a lie down

Chris Phillips: Don't let my other correspondents disturb you Vintage! This tree really is aged 2000

Looking forward to a lot of tree shots...I guess

Chris Phillips: Not a lot of tree shots Aksel. Do you live in Norway and work in Sweden?

Jesus Christ, sorry I mean Chris, you look so satisfied here!

Chris Phillips: I was dazed Richard: a lump of wood had fallen on my head

What a whopper Chris
That is one big tree your sitting next too

Chris Phillips: I suppose it's had rather a long time to get to this size Tracy

This is one great tree and picture, I love the way your feet don't touch the ground.....2000 years old....wow where is the next tree to visit??

Chris Phillips: I'm not sure where the next tree will be Astrid. I hope you are having a nice time in Texel - having good breakfasts and taking 20 mile runs just like Chad & I do each morning

Looks like a tree you could live inside if you had to.

The world is your oxter (an expression I first heard in Glasgow. You might have to look it up)

Chris Phillips: Mmmm: I will do just that Catalpa - I have certainly never heard that expression before!

Treemendous image. Good luck with the tree count. If you did count them all you would need a vast amount of paper to list them all on....ironically using up more trees thus having less to count ! eh.

Chris Phillips: Heavens John: I'd best start chopping some of them down - quickly!

OK, so come on, tell me, how do they know the tree is 2000 years old? Is there a formula somewhere, they can't count the rings because the centre will likely be hollow.

We'll have to discuss the ley lines another time!