Lone Pine

Proud as a lighthouse,
In a sea of writhing gorse,
Looking far beyond.

...... another visit to the physio today. Decided to across the Ashdown Forest again.... obviously I was late so couldn't stop on the way there, but had spotted this tree and stopped on the way back. The view is from near a highpoint called Gills Lap .... which was the site of 'Galleons Lap' in Winnie the Pooh. All the sites which were the inspiration for Poohs world are located around here. I am feeling a bit of a series coming on!

This the Lone Pine ... the only one left of the six pines which marked the site of the Heffalump trap in the book .... possibly.

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Pooh's first idea was that they should dig a Very Deep Pit, and then the Heffalump would come along and fall into the Pit, and--

"Why?" said Piglet.
"Why what?" said Pooh.
"Why would he fall in?"

Pooh rubbed his nose with his paw, and said that the Heffalump might be walking along, humming a little song, and looking up at the sky, wondering if it would rain, and so he wouldn't see the Very Deep Pit until he was half-way down, when it would be too late.

Piglet said that this was a very good Trap, but supposing it were raining already?

Pooh rubbed his nose again, and said that he hadn't thought of that. And then he brightened up, and said that, if it were raining already, the Heffalump would be looking at the sky wondering if it would clear up, and so he wouldn't see the Very Deep Pit until he was half-way down.... When it would be too late.

Piglet said that, now that this point had been explained, he thought it was a Cunning Trap.....

AA Milne