The Original Camperdown Elm, Dundee, Scotland

I have been looking for, and trying to get a decent pic of, this very tree for well over a year. I can now add it into 2 blogs I wrote in the past, so I now feel that these are finally completed.

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Hi, Eileen!

Well, I feel a whole lot better now, having just added this pic to those blogs from Feb '08 and August '08, lol! This is also known as an "Umbrella Elm", because of its "weeping" habit. To me, it is like a cross between a contorted hazel and a Kilmarnock willow. In winter, you can see the wonderfully twisted branches, but the daylight has never seemed to be right for pics. I'll keep trying, as it's one of my fave trees.

i can see why its one of your fav trees David.
and yes it is like a cross between those two trees.

Oh dear, when I first saw this photo I thought it was someone/something on army manouvres in camouflage! I can just imagine it moving when no one is looking :) Great photo, David.

I think you just "hit the nail on the head", Gee, lol!

I was thinking of some car under a blamket! Imagine something so old looking so "modern", haha!

That's an interesting looking tree, i like it.

Gee, you've got MY imagination and sense of humour :)))