Shattered tree in an otherwise immaculate avenue of trees in Lower Radley, Oxfordshire, England. First a large branch fell off this unhappy specimen;

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Shattered tree in an otherwise immaculate avenue of trees in Lower Radley, Oxfordshire, England. First a large branch fell off this unhappy specimen; then, several weeks later, the whole unbalanced tree split fatally, leaving only this doomed fang of wood upright. It reminds me of the memory of an immaculate line of House Guard soldiers parading in line for the queen at the trooping of the colour ceremony, but one has collapsed from heat

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