What would you rank as the worst possible noise
that could wake you in the small hours of the morning
in peace time?
A car crash? Heart stopping.
A child crying? Heart sinking.
A fight? Frightening.
A battering ram? We heard that once next door.
Well last night at 1.15
it was a chain saw and an industrial tree shredder,
right outside our house, but
we couldn't see which, or more pertinently
whose, tree they were cutting down.
It turned out they had been summoned to do the work
by the police because a dead tree had snapped
and fallen across the road.
Some of it fell towards the house next door
and now blocks their exit.
The remaining trunk is in urgent need of removal.
Judging by the neglectfulness of the landlord
this is unlikely to happen anytime soon.
Postscript. I was wrong. It has been removed,
but only as far as the front garden.
They butchered a lovely damson for good measure too.
So much easier than taking the ivy off it.
Postscript. I was wrong. It has been removed,
but only as far as the front garden.
They butchered a lovely damson for good measure too.
So much easier than taking the ivy off it.
What a shame -- such a pretty door.
ReplyDeleteWe had a cow bawling ALL night - I suspect her calf has died and she is desperate to find it. Just thinking of that makes me sad for her.
ReplyDeleteSo shameful when people do not respect the property they own or are custodians of. What a waste!
ReplyDeleteMy goodness........ what a thing to happen and what a shame re the damson, sheer wanton destruction.....
ReplyDeleteThey'd obviously never tasted damson jam !
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