Perched over pebbles in Llyn Padarn, and framed by Eryri’s mountains, the Lonely Tree of Llanberis has survived against the odds to provide an impossibly romantic composition for photographers.

Beautiful in isolation, roots awash and trunk bent, the Lone Tree of Llyn Padarn, Llanberis, North Wales, clings to its promontory. A magnet for photographers, the birch in its unlikely spot seems ...