Hedges

My hedge-jumping days may be long since gone, but I've always retained a fondness for the good old hedge.

There's a particularly fine example nearby. The driveway to Hinnington Grange is about 400 yards long, and has two wonderfully kept hedges either side. They are 6 foot tall, a couple of foot deep and beautifully cut square and flat. They're beech or hornbeam or something similar (I'm no expert plainly!) and at the moment are wearing a brilliant coat of dead orange-brown leaves. There's a tree planted in the middle of each hedge at 20 yard intervals to complete the ensemble. Anish Kapoor eat your heart out.

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