That's a great tree, alright! I love their bark. And I like your photo looking up the trunk into the branches like that!
We have the American Sycamore here in the US, a cousin of your tree. They get huge, too. At the time of European settlement in the eastern US, people could live in hollowed-out base of the big trees. The University of Arizona has an American Sycamore that was planted from a seed that went into space in 1971 on the Apollo 14 mission. I'll have to remember to take a photo the next time I'm down there! It would be neat to get some seeds from that tree and grow them! : )
Cool! I'd love to see some photos and it would nice to register some of yours as well.
I see from that site that one person from my town has registered a giant sequoia. I'll let you know, with a post and a tag, when I get my trees registered. Thanks for pointing out the monumental trees site!