Those are some truly interesting facts, thank you for sharing! 😳 8 meters?! That's an achievement. Ah yes... I have seen 🌳those🌳 scenes in Tudors the television series. 😂
I hope it sees a good few centuries more. 🥹
- Nunnery was established in 1160 and dissolved in 1536 during the dissolution of the monasteries ran by Henry VIII.
- It is also (apocryphally) believed to be where Henry VIII courted and proposed to Anne Boleyn.
- It is designated as one of 50 Great British Trees.
Well, here are some facts about this amazing piece of living history!
- It has a girth of about 8 metres.
- It is widely understood to be the site of the signing of the Magna Carta.
- It is located within a few metres of the old Benedictine nunnery, Ankerwycke Priory.
It’s fun rereading my old LJ entries now that I’ve forgotten so much that happened in BSG. I have not shifted on this one, sorry about whatever triangulated angstship you two are dealing with over there but hurry it up please so I can get back to my 15-second glimpses of the bridge crew.
You could, though. 🥺 I'm so glad you have this memory to hold on to! ♡
Oh my goodness, what a senior tree. 🥹 Imagine its lore, though, and what it has seen. I think it's so fascinating (and crazy) to think about the people who have admired and met the tree. I share your enthusiasm for trees. 💚
why does it seem like big finish always announces their renewals during gally? are they just marketing during gally or do they have their Big Corporate Licensing Talk at the con lmao
it's amazing how much writing i've done today while procrastinating finishing up this letter of rec. which explains why i was more prolific in grad school than i am now... 😅
I just finished reading #Frankenstein, and the ending was bleak, sad, and abrupt. It left me with a terrible feeling of emptiness and sadness. So I want to thank Guillermo del Toro for giving this story the closure that Shelley couldn't: Victor and the Creature talking and reconciling 🥹