Time to cherish our trees

HAVING a little time to spare on a visit to Cork last week, a walk into the UCC campus from the Western Road side was an enticing option. The freshly-greening trees were the magnet, surely one of the best views the college has to offer.

Stepping across the old bridge, the weeping willows on either side of the road caught the eye, one lapping the water, the other forming a canopy over students and visitors as they passed. The gaze then fell on two stately pine trees on the right, the taller one towering over everything.