Kentmere Rowan in berry

Rob and Harriet have walked to the trees with more than 350 people, leading public walks and working with schools, colleges and universities. On one September stroll to the Kentmere Rowan they found it at its best, laden with bright-red berries. The rowan is a typical and hardy upland tree, and those that root in rocks, as this one has, are called ‘flying rowans’. Rowans are thought of in many traditions as threshold trees between this world and the next, or as witches’ trees, and some woodworkers still consider it bad luck to cut one down.