It looks like a lovely location. Almost annoyingly pretty!

I've never read Lorna Doone and not sure if I should or not. It's hovered at the back of my mind for decades.

A heartening article on the BBC this week said some ash were developing resistance to die ack. Too late for these here, mos likely, but at least means we won't lose the ash tree altogether. The central triad of Kipling's Tree Song will continue for a while yet, albeit a little battered.