There were still a fair few green leaves clinging on in Cadnam
 image credit ‘New Forest Explorer’
Cadnam is a village situated in Hampshire, England, within the boundaries of the New Forest National Park. The village has existed since the medieval period. Cadnam is first recorded in the 1270s as Cadenham. The name apparently means the farmstead (“ham”) of a man named Cadda.The Cadnam Oak, at the south-east corner of a crossroads in Cadnam, is thought to be a “boundary tree” of the New Forest. Legend has it that the Cadnam Oak puts forth green leaves on Christmas Day, being leafless immediately before and after the day. The current tree is actually a descendant of the first Cadnam Oak, but the fame still continues. Popular tradition even has it that the tree only buds on Old Christmas Day on 6 January, refusing to acknowledge the Gregorian calendar change of 1752 … if any reader should be near to Cadnam on Christmas Day or even Old Christmas Day and would care to check out the leaves on The Cadnam Oak do please share with us what you find!Â
In the meantime after a lovely imagined walk where this image was taken, it must be time for a refreshing cuppa … tea is my choice but you may prefer coffee.
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I wish you a lovely day and a good week ahead.
All the best Jan
