As I child, I never came across Sitka spruce in the forest. This lovely lot was planted in 1980 after all the Norway spruce was felled due to a spruce bark beetle infestation. There used to be a couple of rides through the old wood which gave steep ascents to the summit ridge.
Uploaded to Geograph by Richard Webb on 14 April 2017
Photo © Richard Webb, 14 April 2017.
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