From a bottlebrush in a Lyndhurst garden to a beefsteak fungus growing on The Knightwood Oak that survived Henry VIII hunting. Off with their heads cried the Queen of Hearts (a memory inspired by the tree's alternative name, The Queen of the Forest) and I thought the same about some of the litterers. A preserved WWII bomb crater reminds us that rambling is best done in peace time or when planes aren't littering.
Doc, Mrs Doc, S and I had walked the Tall Trees Trail and arboretum, part of the Rhinefield Ornamental Drive. Giant Redwoods and huge Douglas Fir dwarf pretty well everything else. A few more names on the trees would help but perhaps overload the school kids for whom this must be a regular outing.
After walking six very pleasant kilometres we just had to have coffee and biscuits in The Rhinefield House Hotel. A wedding resort if you ask me but a very photogenic place to sit and sip on a glorious summer Sunday.
6 KM FOR £12?
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