{"id":40,"date":"2005-12-17T11:05:37","date_gmt":"2005-12-17T11:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=40"},"modified":"2005-12-17T11:10:48","modified_gmt":"2005-12-17T11:10:48","slug":"xmas-tree-hunting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2005\/12\/xmas-tree-hunting\/","title":{"rendered":"Xmas Tree Hunting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/xmas_tree.jpg'><img src='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumb-xmas_tree.jpg' alt='Xmas Tree Hunting' \/><\/a>In case you hadn&#8217;t noticed, Christmas is just around the corner, so last weekend was spent doing the now customary &#8216;Cole Family Xmas Tree Hunt&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>We all meet up at the Fountain Forestry at Brockley Combe just outside Bristol, have the usualy argument about which way was the best to get there (mine is the best each year as it is by far the quickest and the most scenic too!) and then we set off into the forest to find ourselves a good looking Xmas tree. Of course with so many of us there this geneally takes an hour or two as finding the PERFECT tree out of all the trees in the forest is a demanding task .<\/p>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/xmas_tree2.jpg'><img src='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumb-xmas_tree2.jpg' alt='Xmas Tree Hunting Brockley Combe' \/><\/a>It is also clear from the photos that the family is growing each year. This year saw two new additions to the annual Xmas tree hunt, Morgan and Jack.<\/p>\n<p>Once we had all cut down the perfect tree it was back to the other side of Bristol for a buffet dinner and then off home to decorate the trees. 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