Family album

Tree Surgery

In the summer, Mum and Dad hired a couple of tree surgeons and some machinery to help them with some serious pruning in Pengelly garden.

Branches roped up in the central part of the garden.

Trimming branches in the lower triangle.

Pruning the sycamores.

Pruning the big oak.

Moving logs by the orchard.

Dad photographs the tree surgeons.

More pruning in the central part of the garden

Some serious log rolling.

Dad has a go with the heavy machinery.

Putting the 'Octopus' into position.

Slicing the 'Octopus'.

The 'Octopus' rests in position on a mound of earth.

Slicing the fallen oak.

Cutting the fallen oak into planks.

Dad sits on an oak ring and ponders the work that's been done.

The large sycamore tumbles.

The chainsaw is applied to the sycamore.

Granny lends a hand.

Unless indicated, all photographs on this page were taken by my mother, Elisabeth Horrell.

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