We took a walk to the Long Man of Wilmington over the May Day weekend and experienced pretty much every kind of weather in the course of a half hour. Down below next to Wilmington Church is a yew tree reputed to be 1,600 years old. It stands supported by beams and bound in chains like some mythic creature erupting from the ground.

 

Update: my wife has written a post about the wonder that is the yew over on her blog.