The unmistakable silouette of Scots Pine …

... 'haloed' by the National Trust to give a breathing space and a chance to harden up once the remaining larch plantation is felled next winter.

These trees are on a ridge called, quite coincidentally I think Scot Ridge, in Bransdale in the heart of the North York Moors.

Barker Plantation is shown on the 1857 OS Six-inch map, ...

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