HOw on earth is this still standing??

[tommer9]

Slightly rhetorical question TBH:biggrin:

Nonetheless, its a pretty incredible sight. I can remove material from the roots right under this tree, and on 2/3 of the tree there are no roots!! I think it initially got overzealously strimmed and something like kretch has set in. If it wasnt so sheltered and any taller it would be down already.

 

 

 

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

interesting decay pattern

[PDGS]

must have a good tap root

[tommer9]

My camera battery is dead and i am without charger (thats in cornwall still) and my mobile isnt man enough to get better pics. In pic 2 there is a lot of reacive growth in the bark/ cambium layer, like a horizontal ridge. The left extremity of bark visible in pic 1 is the right extremity of bark visible in pic 2. I will try to get better pics in a bit...

[tommer9]

must have a good tap root

 

Where the tap root ought to be is just mush......

[PDGS]

Where the tap root ought to be is just mush......

 

dont lean on it it then

[gibbon]

A decades strimmer damage?

[tommer9]

I am going to advise removal tout de suite...there are people, buildings and expensive horses wandering about!!!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

pollard and mulch! lol

[Mesterh]

Going to do a bit of stunt climbing?