Myerscough's vet

[RobRainford]

Well i had about 10 minutes to waste before a lecture, so i went and photod this old fella. Dropped a branch in summer 09, I had heard of it having merip too, which i confirmed for myself, found what appears to be ganoderma from what i could see, was very awkward to get a photograph of it, and some Porcelain Mushroom too, on the major lower lateral, i took a photo of the underneath, is that fibre buckling? seems to be rippled, and also on some other limbs.

 

Dont think theres much life left in this old guy. Although these trees do surprise us!

 

Apologies for bad shots, thought they turned out ok but viewing on the PC i didnt do too well!

[RobArb]

i remember climbing those branches that are no longer there!!

[RobRainford]

they obviously forbid people climbing it now. Although one of my fellow students did at night.

 

id love to have a jump around that crown, could probably get some good swings in!

[Tommy_B]

Fell it mate. Looks knackered.

[RobArb]

haha philistine!!

[RobRainford]

Fell it mate. Looks knackered.

 

 

lemme get my 260 with 15" bar out, ill have it down by about next bonfire night!

[Bundle 2]

Leave it..or monolith the crown if you have targets.....

I seen this kind of thing (and worse ) roadside.

[RobRainford]

Leave it..or monolith the crown if you have targets.....

I seen this kind of thing (and worse ) roadside.

 

This is just some photos of the old beech on campus. No work is being done on it. Although it would make a cracker of a stunt fell!

[treequip]

I have to say I am disappointed by this thread.

 

The title had me expecting a salacious tale about the college’s animal health care practitioner and perhaps one of the equestrian students.

 

Ho hum

[Matthew Arnold]

When i was at Kingston Maurward we had a vet copper beech right outside the main house. It was surveyed whenever there was a tree surveying course at the college and was climbed on a regular basis by the arbs there. During one of the days i was there some trainee tree surgeons were assessing it and deciding their best course of action ready for the next day. They decided to do a deadwood and crown lift. We had a strong storm blow through during the night with gusts of 50 mph. The trainees couldnt do the crown lift and dead wood as they had planned as the tree had fallen over and flattened 3 cars. There was no signs of fungi (fruting bodies, die back in crown, etc) but the root plate was incredibly rotten as was the stem. The trainees cut off the crown and slowly cut more weight off the trunk until it righted itself. The monolith is still there with a few straggly bits of regrowth in the top. The only thing stopping it falling over again is a 15 mm thick wire cable.