Sycamore gap

A version of the snap left caught my eye in the latest issue of the NYRB. Oddly, it seemed much more impressive in its newsprint version that it does here. Maybe they softened the contrast a bit and certainly they cropped a lot from the top and a little from the bottom. Alternatively, maybe the photographer degraded the image a bit before putting it up on his website to be plundered for use here.

But it caught my eye for long enough to have a fleeting fantasy about going to Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland to see the real thing. It looks as if it would be as impressive in its own way as the beeches at the bottom of Butser Hill. Perhaps I should post a comment at reference 2 and tell the photographer so.

Reference 1 being my last encounter with sycamores. While reference 3 is my last encounter with Butser Hill.

Reference 1: http://psmv3.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/plant-life_7.html.

Reference 2: http://rorygarforth.com/.

Reference 3: http://psmv2.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/butser-hill.html.