...of ancient trees

We liked the early record of bronze expeditions and decided to make our own cave (aka scout hut) art depicting the warrior in the ancient tree...
It's the theme for the expedition so first we checked the practicalities of the hug measure of a tree...

Like people, trees grow and age at different rates depending on where they are and what happens to them during their lifetime. But here’s a rough guide to when trees start to be of interest to the Ancient Tree Hunt, based on our hug method of measurement.

The 'hug' method for measuring trees A hug is based on the finger tip to finger tip measurement of an adult, which we take to be about 1.5m. This distance is usually almost the same as your height, and means you can measure a tree even if you forget your tape measure!

The trees below might be ancient if they measured the following:

Oak – 3 adult hugs
Beech – 2 adult hugs
Scots Pine– 1 adult hug
Rowan – one adult hug
Birch – a wrist hug
Hawthorn – an elbow hug
Cedar of Lebanon – 4 adult hugs
Field Maple - 1 adult hug
Sweet Chestnut - 4 adult hugs
Ash - 2 adult hugs

Here's an ancient puggle oak

yep - that's a four-hugger!

...and from it emerged the bronze axed hunter... 

clad in smoke and laser-light

signed by the artists