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Back to winter

Winter returned to our street (in West Dulwich, London) just as the spring buds were breaking, April 2008.

View from just outside our house (out of sight on R) looking S along Rosendale Road, here an avenue of horse chestnut trees. Young leaves were already coming out on these trees (e.g. top R) when the snow arrived. The snow made the trees seem like giant almonds in blossom. (Interesting to compare this shot with Google Street view taken in summer.) Rosendale Road playing fields and tennis courts, are on the L, all much used by local schools and youngsters' sports teams.

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for COMMUTE ROUTE set:
SERIES 1. MY USUAL ROUTE (& POINTS IN COMMON TO ALL ROUTES).

This is the starting point of my outward commute, and the end point of my return. This is the view (though not usually in conditions like this) that I get as I return, walking up the road from behind the camera viewpoint, probably from Brockwell Park at the end of the road, or from one of the nearby streets. Our house is out of sight to the R

My standard outward commuting route:
home > (walk) > Rosendale Road > (walk) > Brockwell Park > (walk) > Herne Hill station > (National Rail suburban service) > London Victoria station > (District/Circle Line) > South Kensington > (walk) > Natural History Museum.

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HORSE CHESTNUT
(Aesculus hippocastanum Linnaeus)
Also known as the conker tree, whose conkers (nuts) are much loved by children.

The local council pollards these trees each year, different ones in different years, partly to restrict the spread of the trees' natural growth over the carriageways. The pattern of branching (tree architecture and growth model) is emphasized by the conditions. The growth model is Scarrone's Model, though these particular trees are heavily pollarded which leads to iteration of the model.
----- Scarrone's Model, p. 94, pp. 213-217 In: Hallé, F., Oldeman, R.A.A. & Tomlinson, P.B., 1978. Tropical trees and forests. An architectural analysis. Springer-Verlag, Berlin See also: Tomlinson (1983).

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Taken in: United Kingdom / England / London / Tulse Hill (show map)

Taken on: April 6, 2008

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