The Glorious Life of the Oak - John Lewis-Stempel
The Glorious Life of the Oak - John Lewis-Stempel The oak is our most beloved and most common tree. More than half the ancient oaks in the world are in Britain. It has roots that stretch back to all…
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The Glorious Life of the Oak - John Lewis-Stempel
The oak is our most beloved and most common tree. More than half the ancient oaks in the world are in Britain. It has roots that stretch back to all the old European cultures but Britain has more ancient oaks than all the other European countries put together.
For centuries the oak touched every part of a Briton's life - from cradle to coffin It was oak that made the 'wooden walls' of Nelson's navy, and the navy that allowed Britain to rule the world. Many of our ancestors - the Angles, the Saxons, the Norse - came to the British Isles in longships made of oak. Even in the digital Apple age, t