Today I was going to do pictures of the little sprouts that are about to become olive flowers and then (hopefully) olives. But last night our neighbours told us about the olive tree that some of our other neighbours have in their garden. So we went and took a few pictures - two of which are below: It is hard to get the scale of the tree portrayed because it is so big but figure on a good 3m (10 foot) diameter. Feel free to estimate the age in centuries (rounded to the nearest 5) - one neighbour says between 20 & 30 - and to wonder how many kingdoms, empires etc. have been and gone while this guy has been growing.