Walking to England's oldest Oak tree: Majesty. 

thank you.

And that sweet dog! Beautiful video.

Seeing them together reminded me of being with my daughter when she was a girl. We were the center of each other's life then. Now we go months without talking because she is so busy raising her own family. Cherish EVERY moment you get with your child, it is precious beyond measure to both of you.

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The silliest thing is they are self-perpetuating and self-sowing. We don't really even have to put any effort into it. And we are running around replacing it all with expensive, ugly concrete nonsense!

The pub is alas lost. But Majesty lives on, and shall outlive us all...

I can only imagine. Old trees are just awe. Inspiring. I was at an estate near Ambleside that had Two Redwoods and two Sequoia trees in their park. They were only a bit over 120 years old but huge. I got dizzy looking up.

Indeed. It's a wonderful mile, in an often overlooked corner of old East Kent. Thanks for watching!

I doubt the presence of a church at that spot is a coincidence. The largest Oak was the place of worship for Germanic pagans. Thunor was symbolized by the Oak. The Christians built their churches at ancient holy sites.

If I want to go from London and do this walk and I go by public transport, where do I get off and where do I start the walk? Thanks!

The oak is a work of God's creation (it didn't self-assemble obviously ..as per evolution fantasy).

@@thunorwodenson True. Christianity is antiwhitism.

This is true and good information to share, thank you.

@@WillWalking I love your channel and your singing! Thank you for sharing your interests and talents with the world. You enrich us thereby.

Weren't afraid, except of the ancient tribes hunting them.

thank you for such kind words!

Completely agree, was captured beautifully in this.

Well said!

thank you!

What a great name! I hope you find her!

Thank you!

The land awaits you!

I'm glad!

Wow! I hope you found her!

it is beautiful!

my pleasure, come down sometime and wander...

Thank Mark! I hope the Wye flows well for you!

@@WillWalking A pleasure Will. It is flowing beautifully. I just completed the Wye Valley Walk. Free will but if interested here is the link to part 1 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-C_Kchn3X7TQ.html it to is spirited. Have a great weekend.

Thank you! She's a mighty tree indeed.

Good point! It's in East Kent, near Barfrestone...

incredible tree! thanks!

It's on private land, and the owner is elderly. The protocol is to knock on her door and ask nicely to visit Majesty. So I imagine the best time would be within reasonable daylight hours?

Makes sense. I will do that. Hope you’re having a great day!

I think people do collect the acorns and grow them anew. This is not uncommon, I believe...

Majesty is unpollarded, and thus unlikely to live as long as a 'managed' oak. She's only about 800-1000 years old, they say...

Quercus robur English Oak. Some of the trees in the video were Spanish Sweet Chestnut trees that grow massive as well and often grow new trees from layering their branches.

agreed.

As well as burial paint, red ochre has also been used as battle-paint, and wedding body-paint, and any number of other ceremonial ways by people throughout the world. It is also used in mudane ways, for insect repellent and sunblock, apparently. I like to imagine that by coating the bodies of heroes before burial, this was not a 'last rites' farewell, but a way to honour and keep alive the the person being buried in the tribal consciousness, even after death. Coating people in helps to assimilate the life of the fallen into the ongoing life of the tribe. Perhaps there is a sense that this mark of respect connects the bearer to those others who wear the red? As such, I use red ochre as a marking of honour and respect, to denote a special place/person/event. I give it in a variety of ways, but always with the intention to honour the place/person to whom it is given. As for holy water, this is a standard gift for me too. Somewhere special gets a spalsh of the pure good stuff. Water is life. I also like the sense that with water it is easy to make connections between plces - a trail as it were, a circuit between places to which it is given. In short, this is my catch-all gift. My understanding of pilgrimage is that the culture of gifts has been somewhat forgotten, perhaps because it became associated with the undesirable elements of Medieval culture - the Pardoner etc., selling indulgences for gold. But the older mechanism of offering reciprocity remains true as ever. If you seek a blessing it seems a simple truth that you should also give a gift in payment. Holy palces are not one-way taps, pouring out goodness. They require connection, relationship and reciprocity. Medieval pilgrims used to give beeswax candles the shape and size of their wounded body part, to create an exact balance. Druidic water sources in Britain are often found with silver items of great value in them. This folk memory remains in the form of 'wishing wells'. It seems sensible to carry and offer gifts to special places. For me, a basic and transportable option is the red-ochre water. Also, song. But water, by connecting the holy place with previous sites met, interconnects my pilgrimages and makes of them a larger coherence of greater journey. Or so it seems to me. And self-persuasion is a large part of effective belief & ritual, probably. Thanks for asking! Walk well!

@@WillWalking Thank you so much for responding. Good to see these things have so much meaning for you.

Please, by all means!

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No that wasn't this one, it was a tree on hadrians wall.

That is a great question!

@@WillWalking Oak and walnut have a tap root: of more importance is the ground; on the wet west coast we don't see oaks or walnut: the mucky soil hits hardpan fast. I planted walnuts that were grafted on to ash roots, and they took. I visit my trees planted in 1978 when I can.

yes but they need enough water

around 800 years...

Ask Google, not random people.

pendunculate, i believe...

800 odd years?

What I'd it with people like you? Always find a negative.

they proabbaly do. This is the oldest unpollarded oak in England only...

no-one really knows. but probabaly around 800 years. There are older Oaks, but this is a virgin - unpollarded.

around 800 years. At best guess. There are older oaks in England, but none unpollarded. This is an oak that has grown without people cutting her crown away. It's a rare thing to see.