Woodsman

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Ben Law. Woodsman

Contents

27 May

7 May

28 December

Verjuice

16 April

17 May

17 January

5 January

10 March

21 June

8 September

4 February

7 March

Postscript

Tree Cycles

Glossary

Index

Copyright

About the Publisher

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Title Page

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Having found the tree for the first time, I sat down on a mossy seat formed between the root buttresses and contemplated the changes that might have occurred during the life of a tree of this age. Perhaps germinating as a seed during the English Civil War, it will have been growing through countless changes, numerous wars and a good few king and queens. One of the buttresses has a large scar across it, angled as a woodsman would angle a cut to remove the buttress prior to setting the tree up for felling. The scar has calloused over and I like to think it was caused by a woodsman who, after beginning the cut, thought better of felling such a magnificent tree and decided to leave it to grow on. I am very thankful that he did.

It has also been struck by lightning on two occasions and carries the scars right down its trunk. The tree seems in good health and shows no signs of distress from this experience, bar the scars.

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