| The Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP
Secretary of State for the Environment officially endorsed the new name for
a very old tree at Calke Abbey on Friday 17 September during a rather wet
celebration of the elevation of Calke Park to a National Nature Reserve.

The Old Man of Calke

Andy Brown English Nature, Fiona Reynolds National Trust and Margaret
Beckett in front of the Old Man of Calke

Bill Cove Head Warden at Calke Abbey leads the way to the Old Man of Calke
through the Park.

Andy Brown, Chief Exec English Nature, Margaret Beckett and Fiona Reynolds
Director General of the National Trust plant a new tree near to the Old Man
of Calke as a future ancient tree. |