'Majesty'

Yesterday Catherine Otley, friend and fellow 365er, and I visited Fredville Park at Nonington to see the above.

Her name is 'Majesty' and she's listed in the Guinness Book of Records as being the largest living maiden oak tree in the UK. Apparently 15 men can stand around her trunk. She is completely hollow inside and it is believed by some she could be as old as 1,000 years.

[Peter Dulis]

Beautiful ...

[sally agnew]

A beautiful and gracious lady. A lovely capture :)

[Bep]

Wonderful tree!

[FBailey]

@pdulis @hermann @gijsje so pleased you liked her, thanks for taking the time to comment. She has to be seen to be believed.

[Catherine Otley]

Agree, she must be seen to be believed. Love the back lighting and the fresh new leaves against her trunk. Can find no definition of a "maiden" oak.

[KWind]

A fabulous tree shape!!

[FBailey]

@redandwhite Thanks Catherine, I've just Googled 'maiden oak' and the thread went straight to Fredville Park so I can't help there!

[FBailey]

@kwind Thanks very much, she really is an amazing tree when you see her for real. To get the above I took a pano of I think 6 shots ..

[Michelle]

What an interesting shape, great capture :)

[Pyrrhula]

Wow, that`s an amazing big tree. Great shot.

[Catherine]

Wow! Isn't she just majestic! Beautiful.

[Ali J]

So magnificent ... looks like she needs a good hug :) fav

[Maggiemae]

Now I know those books i used to read could be true - living in the hollow of an old oak tree!

[FBailey]

@bigmxx @pyrrhula @megpicatilly Thanks very much, she really is huge!!!
@alijchapman Thanks a lot Ali - lovely comment but she's so wide I wouldn't know where to start!

[FBailey]

@maggiemae Thanks for commenting - I guess a very large family could live in there! Lots of loft space too!

[Islandgirl]

Wow that is quite the tree!

[Jessika Panteleios]

Fantastic shot and composition. What a cool tree! Love the light too.

[Dawn]

That's some tree

[Jerome]

love old trees - they tell so many stories

[haskar]

Wonderful tree!

[FBailey]

@radiogirl @jessikapanteleios @dawnee @jerome @haskar Thank you all so much for your comments - it is so difficult to portray the size of her in a picture but am very pleased you liked her. I thought she was wonderful:)

[Sally Ings]

Wow, what a fantastic looking tree!

[FBailey]

@salza Thanks very much Sally, it's so hard to convey how huge she actually is.

[Roy Hughes]

Love trees, this is one is really impressive.

[Delwyn Barnett]

Fabulous tree - I wonder how old it is?