thank goodness for that!!
right, time for me to go play with the big oak in the field.
gonna take some photos, theres some kinda fungus on the base of it just above the soil, looks a bit like Inonotus dryadeus which i believe is common on oaks, but i dont think it is, it has a smooth rounded exterior to it rather than the sponge like exterior of inonotus dryadeus but im told it might be related.
tree's huge, but with a good number of thick limbs reasonably low down. gotta be more confidence inspiring than the willow i was in last week!