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| Two in One |
Luke and his friends had been out hunting more Redwoods, this time at Black Down. Luke says of these newly discovered trees: The largest I measured was 7.8m in girth, it also had a limb starting at about 10 foot up the tree, which could easily be a tree in its own right, as it must of been over 5m in girth. It sticks out the side then turns and stands vertically adjacent to the main stem. We named it "Two in One". The second tree was 7.4m in girth and we named it "Tall Tree" as it seemed very tall.
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| Fourteen People |
The last tree may have been the source of a rumor that my friend was told by his next door neighbour. It was said that ten years ago fourteen people stood holding hands around the tree and they claimed it was between 17 and 26 meters. I knew that was a lie from the moment I heard it but we checked it out anyway. As I thought it was not that big but still a nice tree it was 7m in girth I named it "14 People Tree"
A table showing measurements, locations and names of the trees that Luke and his friends found is on the Polecat Copse page.
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| Front Garden Tree |
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| Tall Tree Short Tree |
| Name |
Girth |
Notes |
| Front Garden Tree |
7.08m |
in someone's front garden, I got permission first, has a nice branch quite big about 20 foot up or so |
| Tall Tree |
7.4m |
covered in brambles which made it hard to measure but its height looks very promising |
| Short Tree |
6.8m |
looks very short and has very low branches. |
Thanks again to Luke for the above photographs, measurements and comments about three more Giant Redwoods at Blackdown. It appears that another trip to Haslemere is necessary in order to verify Luke's measurements about the trees here for inclusion on the Top Trunks page!
Luke also sent photographs and measurements of many Redwood trees in his area including Polecat Copse, Woolmer Hill and Marley Common.
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