One Tree Hill, December

One Tree Hill, 11 December 2013.

Here are a few shots taken on my iPhone, walking around One Tree Hill, a National Trust wood near Sevenoaks, in December.  It was a sunny day, but there was a lot of mist, which shows up nicely in the first photo.

Ferns near One Tree Hill, 11 December 2013.

This walk goes along a track at the low edge of the woods.  There are many lush ferns growing on the slope.  These are Male Ferns and Hart's-tongue Ferns.  There are also clusters of Soft Shield Ferns.

There are some spring flower photos from this area in a post from March last year: One Tree Hill, March.

At the end of this stretch I turned back and climbed a steep path that cuts along the side of the hill and comes out back at the top near where I parked. 

Path to One Tree Hill, 11 December 2012.

You can see the steep drop-off to the left.

Looking down from the path to One Tree Hill, 11 December 2012.

This is a view down to the left.  It looks a lot steeper in real life than the photo suggests, because the camera is angled downwards.  In the distance, not quite visible, is the Weald.

Looking up along the path towards One Tree Hill, 11 December 2012.

This is the last section of this particular path.  One Tree Hill proper starts at a stile at the top. 

A brisk walk around this route takes about an hour, if you can negotiate the steep bits!    A wonderful and refreshing morning.  There is a viewpoint with a seat further along the top, but on this day, nothing at all could be seen because the mist still covered the lowlands.