Lonely sycamore in September

On a bright but hazy morning, here is another view of this rather photogenic, lonely sycamore tree, which is all that remains of a northward extension of the Bole Hill Plantation woodland on the northern edge of the Limb Valley. The cultivated field in the foreground is shown as wooded on the 1st edition six-inch to one mile Ordnance Survey map published in 1854. The western Sheffield suburb of Fulwood is visible in the distance. The city centre is just visible through the haze at the far right of the photo.

Four months previoulsy, it looked like this: