Brandelhow Oaks

In 1895 Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley, Sir Robert Hunter and Octavia Hill founded the National Trust. In 1902 the Brandelhow estate on the west shore of Derwentwater came on the market. Rawnsley launched an appeal, and enough money was raised to buy the estate, the first purchase in the Lake District. At the opening ceremony HRH Princess Louise, daughter of Queen Victoria, and the three National Trust founders each planted an oak tree. These trees and the commemorative stone can be seen at Grid reference NY249204, close to the road on the western side of the lake.

My image is a representation of the four trees, the passing of time through the changing seasons and their location.