an interesting sycamore

[sean]

I had to go and remove as much as this Sycamore as I possibly could with a chainsaw. It had self seeded many years ago and is now hindering the excavation of these Sluice Gates which have been discovered. The gates controlled the water flow from the River Thames and the moat which surrounded Fulham Palace. They are from the 1840's.

 

The archaeologists want to excavate them with a view to possibly restoring them but this sycamore is obviously causing them problems. I took it down as far as i could, resorting to small blocks at a time at the end. Remarkably the only time i buggered the saw was when I hit a stone right at the end.

 

There was a labourer present who was moaning like mad because they were expecting him to remove the rest including the root plate with a hammer and chisel and a blunt axe.....in 2 days!....laugh i nearly p****d myself!

 

Enjoyable job.

[skyhuck]

You did a very, very good job!

 

Cannot have been easy.

[David Humphries]

What an interesting job

 

 

 

 

 

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[Mozza]

Quality job, Dont get many like that!

[MasterBlaster]

Well that's something you don't see everyday. Cool.

[Mesterh]

Now that is an interesting job!

 

I bet you had an army of files with you , well I would of plus the odd spare chain.

 

Nice job.

[David oakman]

Thats a good job sean you needed a bit of a steady hand there.

[Tommy_B]

Very interesting job mate. Thanks for taking time to post it.

[geoff]

Cracking job there mate,great pics too!

[treewizard]

very cool, very fiddly, nice one!!