Todays morning walk on a dull winters day. New subjects in short supply, so a common site becomes a new subject. The Royal Oak is a common pub name in the UK due to a royal connection. The Royal Oak was the English oak tree within which the future King Charles II of England hid to escape the Roundheads following the Battle of Worcester in 1651. The tree was in Boscobel Wood, which was part of the park of Boscobel House. Charles told Samuel Pepys in 1680 that while he was hiding in the tree, a Parliamentarian soldier passed directly below it. The story was popular after the Restoration, and is remembered every year in the English traditions of Royal Oak Day. (the text borrowed from Wikipedia).........Fuji X-T30ii, XF30mm f2.8.
