Help – they’ve felled my wood
by Angus, 24 January, 2019, 13 comments
Arriving at our woodland after an absence of some time I was devastated to find that a whole section of it had been felled. I hadn't given permission and it’s not what I wanted at all. Hundred-year-old oaks and big ash trees had gone. Oh, and there were the stumps of those beautiful beech trees which I’d loved. To tell the truth I was quite emotional. I cried, and then I was angry. Then I was frustrated, knowing that whatever the explanation it wouldn’t bring back the trees. Even if I replanted them - which of course I would - the new trees wouldn’t reach maturity in my lifetime.
The explanation turned out to be as prosaic as it was disappointing Read more...
