Whilst catching up with a friend today, we decided to take a leisurely stroll around the impressive Blackwater Arboretum. Boasting some of the largest trees in the New Forest, the area consists of a vast variety of different tree species gathered from across the globe, many of which were planted during the reign of Queen Victoria. Pictured above is a giant sequoia that is supposedly one of the largest in the area; unfortunately, I neglected to take a picture of the information board that accompanied it and thus can provide no more specific details. What I can remember, however, is that it has a mass approximately equal to that of eighteen elephants.
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