In April this year I started my pilgrimage to visit and honour the trees that grow in and around the sacred locations along the ‘Spine of Albion’; an Alignment, or Ley, that runs through the UK from the South Coast of England up and beyond the Highlands of Scotland.

Already I have raised over £1,000 for my chosen Tree planting schemes and I don't want to to stop there! My journey, which I am doing in stages, will continue into 2022, so my quest to raise awareness of the utmost importance of trees to our very existence here on earth continues too.

Fact: Life could not exist without trees

Fact: Trees produce most of the oxygen that humans and wildlife breathe – they are, quite literally, the lungs of our planet

Fact: Our global forests act as the world’s giant air filters

Fact: Trees help reduce the effects of climate change

To follow my journey’s progress, the route for which was inspired totally by Gary Biltcliffe & Caroline Hoare’s book “The Spine of Albion”, then you can find me at www.gillianandthetrees.wordpress.com or on my Gillian Butler Facebook page