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Our third was the largest tree of the holiday, a eucalyptus in Haldon Forest, this last being a mixed but mainly pine forest owned by the Forestry Commission.

Unusually, £3 to park rather than free, and largely given over to the needs of children on mountain bikes although there were said to be walks more suitable for pensioners like ourselves, featuring interesting trees and birds. This tree was in the car park, from which we did not stray very far on this occasion.

Not clear how much money, if any, the Commission was still making from selling trees to chip board manufacturers. All the paths and people on them must have complicated the deployment of the necessary machinery.