Wellingtonia (137)

Snapped just before we got to the Blandford turning, heading south around the Salisbury ring road.

Orange spot lower right in the snap above. Cathedral upper left - with a very good view at one point, probably from the roundabout below. I am not sure that I ever knew about all the waterworks shown by gmaps, the famous Constable picture notwithstanding. A picture which I am sure I saw at the time of reference 2, but which is properly reproduced below, lifted from reference 3. 

Back with the Wellingtonia, BH was driving at the time and I was able to give the Wellingtonia my full attention. No doubt about it at all. But now, looking at the picture again and tracking another image down in Street View, I am not so sure: the branches seem to curl up at the ends in a very improper way. So the entry is bracketed and we now have two reasons to pay a proper visit to Salisbury. Perhaps a day trip by train, changing at Clapham Junction? The railway station only looks to be about a mile away from the candidate Wellingtonia, so it should be well within range. Picnic underneath?

There were lots of daffodils looking well here, and lots of primroses looking well elsewhere.

References

Reference 1: https://psmv6.blogspot.com/2026/03/wellingtonia-136.html.

Reference 2: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2024/01/constable.html.

Reference 3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salisbury_Cathedral_from_the_Meadows.

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