THE HUNDRED GUINEA OAK
Blog by Lynne Pearl
July 23
650 YEAR OLD TREE
We went to the Vyne and the house and gardens were lovely, but there was the Hundred Guinea Oak, which is still there and in good dark green leaf, six hundred and fifty years old, 650 years old! It was safe, given special food and tested for atypical winds. Through time it has hollowed out and is now home for many creatures.
LORD OF THE RINGS
It is very tall with plenty of dark green leaf, an indication of health. At 650 years it was tiny sprout in 1373, most of our history it has been there, watching us, grow up. It has been our friend. (Remember the Ents in ‘Lord of the Rings?’) https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Ents
HOME COUNTIES MILD CLIMATE
Our very old trees survive in the Home Counties area as the climate is kinder than in other parts of the UK.
HUNDRED GUINEA OAK
It is called the hundred Guinea Oak because the owner was offered a hundred Guineas when the government inspector looking for wood for the Navy at the time of the Battle of Trafalgar made his offer. Luckily for us and for history the owner refused the offer.
NATIONAL TRUST HOUSE AND GARDENS IN HANTS.
This one is on a National Trust estate in Hants called ‘The Vyne.’ https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/hampshire/the-vyne
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