English Elm

Homeward bound.  Nothing planned for the day other than drive the 100 miles or so home.   As usual mid morning we stopped for a "cuppa".  We found a lay-by set back from the road and the brew went on.

While the kettle was boiling I had a look round to see if there were any blip opportunities.  Growing beside the lay-by I noticed this.  A sight I was once very familiar with as the Rural Studies area at work had a fine Elm.  It succumbed to Dutch Elm Disease.  The woodwork master made a fine set of work spaces for the library from the trunk.

I have said English Elm based on the shape of the flower and the little I could see of the leaves as they opened.  It may of course be Wych Elm which seems more resistant to the disease.