One of the venerable Borrowdale Yews, which may be as old as 2,000 or 2,500 years

One of the venerable Borrowdale Yews, which may be as old as 2,000 or 2,500 years. The trees were celebrated in a Wordsworth poem of 1803, but were damaged in the big storm that hit the Lake District in January 2005. This one storm cost the NT £400,000 in repair and clear-up costs. The UK is already twice as stormy as 50 years ago and that trend is set to increase.