Country diary: trees with deep-rooted emotional significance

Buxton, Derbyshire: A sparse treeline, nicknamed ‘cowboys and Indians’, has been special to me since my childhood. In fact, it has become a cherished fixtureWhat is it about certain trees that so moves people? On the debit side of this relationship, I know one friend who, when a beloved wooded play area was clear-felled for development, suffered a teenage breakdown that shaped his adult life. The 1990s protests over Newbury bypass also spring to mind, because one heroic figure known