Tag Archives: Argyll

Big Snow at the Tallest Tree

Snow flakes like plates. White out conditions. Argyll gets a big fall in early March again. All too familiar you might say, but this time, the electricity didn’t go off, there’s no sudden cracking of broken tree limbs, and the traffic is still running, more or less. But all of this is an excuse to [...]

Dunans Castle Views the tallest tree in the UK - it’s official

The charitable trust has just heard that the Douglas Fir planted in 1849 by Archie Fletcher is now officially the tallest tree in the UK at 63.79 metres! Rechristened recently by the owner of the ground it stands on as the Stronardron Douglas Fir, the title tree has long been thought to be a contender [...]