Spring is in full throttle, and going back to one of my main joys of being in the countryside, namely trees there is one specimen that is currently standing out. The horse chestnuts at the moment look magnificent. They are stunningly green and sporting their spring Christmas tree accessories in the form of their fabulous white candle flowers. They are utterly beautiful, and all the more so, as last year saw their spring dressing decimated with the larvae of the leaf-mining moth which turned their leaves a premature brown. There is a particularly spectacular tree at Pimperne near Blandford. If you turn off the A354 into the village, it sits in solitary splendour in front of you. The space underneath it has been cleared away and heavily mulched to protect its root system. It is quite, quite beautiful.
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