Wellingtonia 22

No.22 is the first sick Wellingtonia, captured in the drive leading to the big house of No.21. Zoom reveals the distinctive scaled leaves and I am reasonably sure that it is one. Perhaps its roots got damaged during the redevelopment of the site. Or perhaps its water supply got diverted.

Of course, the rules committee may rule that sick trees will not be allowed in the future. Another matter I need to trouble the committee with is that of the car number plates and Wellingtonia that I may spot on television. I have been keeping a lookout for car No.26, with no luck so far. But this evening, I thought I glimpsed a Wellingtonia in the grounds of the big house of the the preparatory school of Episode 5 of the 1979 BBC adaptation of the cold war yarn 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy'. A series which has worn well in the forty years since it was made, during which time we have probably watched it getting on for half a dozen times. It didn't feel the same need to be as noisy, action packed and violent as a modern adaptation. Not to say all the social worker stuff thrown in for the ladies. Simenon and Christie managed without. 

That apart, no question of scoring this Wellingtonia, as it was too brief a glimpse to be sure and we don't know our way around the remote well enough for getting back to it not to be too much bother. But I will continue to ponder about a submission to the rules committee.

PS: I was reminded that being a spy in the field was a dirty and dangerous business. Maybe there still are such people. Maybe sometimes necessary, but not work for decent folk. It also struck us that this forty year old series did not seem to include any people of colour. So some things have changed for the better.

Reference 1: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2021/01/wellingtonia-21.html.

Reference 2: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2020/11/no25.html. Car No.25 - more than two months ago now.

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