Summer limb drop .
Was walking in the woods with my dog today when something caught my eye to my left . There were 6 or 7 fallow deer watching me . As I clocked them there was a loud crack and the deer shot off . A beech limb fell from directly above where they were stood . It hit the ground and bounced up a bit . . I suppose it was 7 or 8 inches in diameter at the point of separation and 15 or 20 feet long .
Makes you feel privileged to be there doesn't it.
I'm going to be a bit of a Johnny Two Shits here I'm afraid... Two weeks ago today we had friends for lunch. As Graham and I sat outside in the glorious sunshine putting the world right we heard prolonged slow cracking of wood. I thought 'SLD of one of those oaks yonder'. As we looked towards to source we saw one of the biggest limbs (6"dia, 15' long) on a 40' pop slowly sag and tear off, hanging in the adjacent hornbeam and horse
