May blossom is one of the delights of the countryside. Looking across a stretch of open country one often sees Hawthorns dotted around the landscape bursting with white flowers.

 As I noted recently some hedgerows might be a sliver of ancient woodland that was retained as a boundary line when either side was grubbed up for fields. The again I have also noted that a good many mature trees were probably planted as part of a hedgerow then grown tall [see entries dated 18th. March and 20th. April]. I would think the Hawthorn seen above is an example of the latter scenario.