I got off lightly but I was disappointed to only find one dead Oak limb to show for the storm.

Did anyone have a ‘windfall’?

Not as such but we chopped the ‘at risk’ tree down just before so I have that to chop up this weekend.

No but the farm normally has a big Ash about to fall at any time.. so who knows… and it’s going to be windy at the weekend again.

All my favorites cheeky trails will be covered in deadfall.

I got a text this morning from my wood guy, a local tree surgeon, he will be dropping off a load at the weekend and by the sound of it his pile of smaller bits for people to take is large…. I’ll collect a car load later …. He told me where to find the Ash. 22m3 and counting. Getting wood in zone 3 is easy.

Still got all the chestnuts to do, then? 🙂

We lost a fence. Our neighbour is a joiner, so he is going to fix it at the weekend 🙂

Not much, but a few thousand birches nearing the end of their lives to be got rid of and plenty of firs to be felled once January and new felling license comes… Also about 3km of rides to be cleared

I felt so bloody STW. I scoured the local facebook groups for fallen trees then went shopping when i was wfh the next day went on a little mission and got lucky.

The fire brigade had cleared the roads and found the council team chopping the wood 😀

I felt so bloody STW.

😆

My tree surgeon pal said they did contract work for the council after storms brought trees down. Back in the day they had queues of folk waiting to uplift logs as they were cutting. This was in Fife on a huge coalfield were every house had a fire. Most council houses have had their open fires replaced with gas central heating, so nowadays he says the council has to take logs back to its depot where they get chipped.

I expect some do, but the majority will be heading out the back door to a firewood processor

I’ve been quite lucky lately as when my tree surgeon pal has a job locally he gives me a call and nip down and clear it away from a neat pile att the roadside. A big change from forest foraging

quite often get wood whenever i think of Ophelia Lovibond….