Nature of your Country

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UK's 'oldest oak tree', Pontfadog Oak in North Wales was blown over by winds.

A 1,200-year-old oak tree, thought to be the UK's oldest,
was blown over by strong winds in April, 2013.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/22214237



The Pontfadog Oak had been growing near Chirk in Wrexham, north Wales, since the year 802!

But gusts of around 60mph toppled the old oak,
with locals reporting an "almighty crash and a bang".

Its trunk measured nearly 13m around,
was hollow and was big enough to fit six people sat around a table!


The Pontfadog Oak before it was blown over

The tree is believed to have been a point for Welsh princes to rally their troops.

Tree hunter Rob McBride, who measures trees and records them,
said there was talk of trying to put the tree back up:
"they would have to take the top off and then re-erect it, which can be done."

The Woodland Trust said that better protection is needed for ancient trees.

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Helford Village, Cornwall


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The Eden Project, Cornwall

The Eden Project (Cornish: Edenva) is a visitor attraction in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
Inside the artificial biodomes are plants that are collected from all around the world.
The project is located in a reclaimed Kaolinite pit, located 2 km (1.2 mi) from the town of St Blazey
and 5 kilometres (3 mi) from the larger town of St Austell, Cornwall.

The complex is dominated by two huge enclosures consisting of adjoining domes that house thousands of plant species,
and each enclosure emulates a natural biome.
The domes consist of hundreds of hexagonal and pentagonal, inflated, plastic cells supported by steel frames.
The first dome simulates a tropical environment, and the second a Mediterranean environment.

The name Eden Project stems from the 1994 TV series Earth 2.

Once into the attraction, there is a meandering path with views of the two biomes,
planted landscapes, including vegetable gardens,
and sculptures that include a giant bee and towering robot created from old electrical appliances.

The Tropical Biome, covers 1.56 hectares (3.9 acres) and measures 55 metres (180 ft) high,
100 metres (328 ft) wide and 200 metres (656 ft) long.
It is used for tropical plants, such as fruiting banana trees, coffee, rubber and giant bamboo,
and is kept at a tropical temperature and moisture level.

The Mediterranean Biome covers 0.654 hectares (1.6 acres) and measures 35 metres (115 ft) high,
65 metres (213 ft) wide and 135 metres (443 ft) long.
It houses familiar warm temperate and arid plants such as olives and grape vines and various sculptures.

The Outdoor Biome (which is not covered) represents the temperate regions of the world
with plants such as tea, lavender, hops, hemp and sunflowers.

The domes provide diverse growing conditions, and many plants are on display.

The Eden Project includes environmental education
focusing on the interdependence of plants and people;
plants are labelled with their medicinal uses.

The massive amounts of water required to create the humid conditions of the Tropical Biome,
and to serve the toilet facilities, are all sanitised rain water
that would otherwise collect at the bottom of the quarry.

The only mains water used is for hand washing and for cooking.

The complex also uses Green Tariff Electricity – the energy comes from one
of the many wind turbines in Cornwall, which were among the first in Europe.

Controversially, one of the companies the Eden Project currently partners
with is the British mining company Rio Tinto Group.

In December 2010 the Eden Project received permission to build a geothermal
electricity plant which will generate approx 4MWe,
enough to supply Eden and about 5000 households.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eden_Project
http://www.edenproject.com/









Art made from recycled materials


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Cornwall Camping and Caravan Park Holidays

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Clean Cornish Beaches

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Cornwall Surfing by the Atlantic Ocean

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Can't really improve on English Rose. Glad to say I've been to the vast majority of enumerated places.

My village in northern Wales:

Also this.



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Nature in Croatia !

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England

Forgot to mention, this one is Faroe Islands.

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Hengistbury Head, Dorset