Moose Allain’s story of tracking down a special tree is a breath of fresh air
Moose Allain is a man of many talents. He’s a renowned and original artist, he’s a widely published cartoonist, and he’s one of the funniest people on Twitter.
He also often shares posts that really resonate with people – like the time he talked about Devon words or the unusual things that live in the cutlery drawer.
He even went viral for interviewing his dog.
On Sunday, he shared a thread about a distinctive tree he and his wife, Karen, can see from their window – and their quest to track it down.
It’s a longish thread, but worth every single moment.
He showed us the tree, though it was hard to tell which one he meant at first.
Recently I posted this on instagram. pic.twitter.com/nk2WMU69gF
— Moose Allain Ꙭ (@MooseAllain) May 9, 2021
Moose and Karen set off in search of the lone tree, with little more than a vague direction to guide them.
Today I decided to go in search of that tree. My worry was that it would be in the middle of farmland, inaccessible. I don't have a map of the area, other than the crude sat nav in my car, so I would have to try to home in on it. Karen agreed to come along and help me find it.
— Moose Allain Ꙭ (@MooseAllain) May 9, 2021
I thought I'd glimpsed the distinctive rapeseed field from a particular road so we headed off in the general direction. We lost the view for ages, but eventually emerged from the outskirts into the hills to the west of Exeter and arrived at this point. We were getting closer. pic.twitter.com/02Z3Rl5nOC
— Moose Allain Ꙭ (@MooseAllain) May 9, 2021
Success!
There are few roads in this area, but we found one that we hoped was heading into roughly the right area. We turned onto a tiny lane that seemed to wind its way through those woods we had seen, close to the tree. We came out into open country, crested a hill and saw this. pic.twitter.com/vMQL0vSuTY
— Moose Allain Ꙭ (@MooseAllain) May 9, 2021
I cannot tell you how excited I was. Not only was it not across some farmer's field, miles from anywhere, it was right on the edge of the road! We stopped to take this picture. In the background the expanse of the Exe estuary. But there, unmistakably, was my tree!
— Moose Allain Ꙭ (@MooseAllain) May 9, 2021
We drove down past it, found a spot to park, and walked back up towards the tree. pic.twitter.com/1oUm5GEfEG
— Moose Allain Ꙭ (@MooseAllain) May 9, 2021