The Parliament Oak is thought to be over a 1000 years old and it sits on the boundary of a Royal deer hunting park dating back to the reign of King John (1199 to 1216). It is said that King John and Edward I held parliament under this tree (1).
Today, the tree stands by the side of the road between Edwinstowe and Mansfield with a pull-in and information board for visitors:
There is also a footpath from the Parliament Oak, across ground that was once the Royal deer park, towards the River Maun and Clipstone. This photograph captured a fleeting glimpse of sunlight on the fishing lakes beside the River Maun:
Running across the scene at the fishing lakes were power lines which initially put me off taking the shot. I often find myself trying to compose around power lines and pylons in this area of Nottinghamshire. They can be hard to avoid as they radiate away from the power station at Staythorpe near Newark.
Of course, the alternative approach is to treat overhead power as a photographic feature of the area - something I tried on the walk back to the car:
Finally, these are some additional record shots of the area including: farm land along the path from the Parliament Oak to the River Maun with a green buffer of sunflowers (now finished for winter), pine forest that characterises the landscape on the rise from the River Maun to Clipstone, and a young oak on the bank of the river:
(1) http://sherwoodforesthistory.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/parliament-oak-clipstone-icon-of.html
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