| Re: Beech tree for the chop
Interesting. I wonder how many more deaths would occur if there were no MOT's. I would rather live life and drive on our roads knowing that the great majority of cars had been tested to a standard. It's pretty much the same with trees in public places, i.e. yearly checks required under risk assessments.
I realise that there is another factor in the driving analogy - the driver -whose actions may rsult in an accident and nobody drives trees.
The removal of one tree will make more press coverage than the planting of new ones. I was heartened to see the new Mayor of London in the paper yesterday living up to his promise and planting a standard tree with a group of gloved up kids, a story to keep the balance perhaps. I dont think we'll see Boris holding a chainsaw!
Re Alans comments about summer branch drop. Incidents are more common than people think because only the interesting stories get to us. Nobody gets to know about the branches that fall from trees deep in the woods or out in the open fields. Ever wondered why (the cause, not gravity) those big banches lying beneath the tree in the field got there?  |