8:08 p.m., Brocéliande, Paimpont, Ille-et-Vilaine.

Dancing at the feet of  grandmother beech, Big Mama, according to Marie Motais, who led me to this clearing. This remarkable tree, over 600 years old, is known as the “Traveller’s Beech”. It is said to be probably the most beautiful tree in these sacred groves.