Trees Behind Caravan 2021

6th Feb: remove last part of overhanging ash

31st Jan: Cut 2m of stump

29th Jan Another 2m+ removed from overhanging topped bole in the centre of the image below.

On the image below you can see the stick of ash protruding over the track. I used 7m of ladder resting on the wall. I was standing on the top of the ladder so some 10m head height but I used a climbing harness to hold me to the tree. It's the first time I've used the harness and it makes a lot of difference. 1 I felt safe for the first time for the best part of a decade or more and 2 it gave me more options to position myself :)

13th Jan: 5m of overhanging ash topped

7th, 8th, 9th & 10th Jan
Cut a large pieces of ash, hazel and hornbeam.

Jan 10th: Bole of hornbeam cut from hedge

Overall view of area behind caravan and workshop: Jan 7th

4th Jan 2021
Roped top of next ash to be topped to another tree to help guide it's fall.
Top of ash roped to help felling direction

31st Dec
Cut a single main branch that would become the bole of a previously felled main trunk of ash.

17th Dec
Cut a few branches of a hornbeam overhanging the entrance to the field.

16th Dec
Cut small ash to make room for next to the west.