Andy Rodker

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Posted: 14 Aug 2019


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Guadarrama's iconic elm in the Plaza Mayor in front of the town hall. I invite all Europeans of a certain age to wallow in this nostalgic image from their childhood!

Guadarrama's iconic elm in the Plaza Mayor in front of the town hall. I invite all Europeans of a certain age to wallow in this nostalgic image from their childhood!
This brings back happy childhood memories of majestic elms in England. Sadly this is the only surviving mature elm in the whole of Madrid province and it is expected to succumb to Dutch Elm Disease soon. But at the moment it lives and provides much joy.

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 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club has replied
Thank you, Jaap!
4 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club has replied
Thank you, Gudrun.
I doubt any replacement would. Young elms seem to get to about 30 feet high and them succumb to Dutch Elm Disease.
4 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club has replied
Thank you, Ulrich!
4 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club has replied
Many thanks, Keith.
So far it's stayed remarkably free of Dutch Elm Disease. Long may it stay that way ... but it's the only one left.
4 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
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I remember whole swathes of elm trees and in the parks oif South London where I spent many years of my childhood, they were the kings of trees. The tallest, the most extravagently arrayed and the providers of much welcome shade on the hottest of summer days.
Yes. I sorely miss them - hence my delight at coming across this one!
4 years ago.

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