Country diary: Meeting a remarkable tree | Mark Cocker

Shining Cliff Woods, Derbyshire: The Betty Kenny yew is reputed to have begun to grow at about the same time that Christ was bornThese woods by the River Derwent are famous for holding probably the oldest organism in the county. The Betty Kenny yew is reputed to have begun to grow at about the same time that Christ was born. Its death was even announced in the 19th century, but this stalwart creature, measuring 8 metres around its waist, persisted as a hollowed-out relic whose interior serv