A row of ancient and massive oak trees at Strines are being felled.
Judging by the size, they're well over a century old.
Spotted initially by the Mini3Pro, I took a closer look with the Action2.

Shame but probably necessary

Depp Posted at 5-3 06:13
Shame but probably necessary

Unfortunately, yes.

What a shame to see those big old beautiful oaks come down.  They do look quite old.

DowntownRDB Posted at 5-3 12:35
What a shame to see those big old beautiful oaks come down.  They do look quite old.

I'm not sure of the reason. The interiors don't look diseased.

Blériot53 Posted at 5-3 12:43
I'm not sure of the reason. The interiors don't look diseased.

When looking close at where they were cut you can't see anything that looks bad and the rings do indicate they were quite old.  I have seen a few old oaks that were diseased and the insides were getting hollow and were doomed to fall down soon so they had to be felled.

DowntownRDB Posted at 5-3 13:04
When looking close at where they were cut you can't see anything that looks bad and the rings do indicate they were quite old.  I have seen a few old oaks that were diseased and the insides were getting hollow and were doomed to fall down soon so they had to be felled.

The wood looks sound, so maybe they're been sold for lumber.

Blériot53 Posted at 5-3 13:34
The wood looks sound, so maybe they're been sold for lumber.

Could well be.  I guess I'm somewhat of a "tree hugger".  If I have to cut down a tree on my extensive property I plant two back.  Always good for the environment to do that.

DowntownRDB Posted at 5-3 13:58
Could well be.  I guess I'm somewhat of a "tree hugger".  If I have to cut down a tree on my extensive property I plant two back.  Always good for the environment to do that.

A laudable act indeed Here in the UK, there are tracts of land where, when you die, your family can bury your cremated ashes and plant a tree on top.
That's how Mrs.B and I will end up, and the kids are fine with that.

Did you ask for the wood?   

DAFlys Posted at 5-4 00:37
Did you ask for the wood?

There was no-one working there. My younger daughter would love it. She's into wood-turning and carving.

Blériot53 Posted at 5-4 00:43
There was no-one working there. My younger daughter would love it. She's into wood-turning and carving.

I scored a few pieces of lilac tree the other day,  hoping that it wont take long to be useable as the tree looked pretty dead.     I just took some small bits that I could carry that I may turn in to pens.  

DAFlys Posted at 5-4 00:57
I scored a few pieces of lilac tree the other day,  hoping that it wont take long to be useable as the tree looked pretty dead.     I just took some small bits that I could carry that I may turn in to pens.

No2 daughter has not done much recently due to pressure of work. She displays at craft fairs occasionally.

Blériot53 Posted at 5-4 01:00
No2 daughter has not done much recently due to pressure of work. She displays at craft fairs occasionally.

I have to confess I havent either,  although I have a commission to make a mahogany phone stand/tray and I have plans for an ant farm for me.

I am pretty stumped by this (pun absolutely intended, though nothing funny in bringing the trees down).

Blériot53 Posted at 5-4 00:09
A laudable act indeed Here in the UK, there are tracts of land where, when you die, your family can bury your cremated ashes and plant a tree on top.
That's how Mrs.B and I will end up, and the kids are fine with that.

I'd never heard of that but it is quite the interesting alternative to traditional burials.  

DAFlys Posted at 5-4 01:02
I have to confess I havent either,  although I have a commission to make a mahogany phone stand/tray and I have plans for an ant farm for me.

That should occupy you for a while on a rainy or windy day.
It was blowing a gale when I took Mrs.B to the hairdressers, so no flying for me while I waited for her.
Went to the car wash instead.

HGDC84 Posted at 5-4 03:06
I am pretty stumped by this (pun absolutely intended, though nothing funny in bringing the trees down).

Finding a witticism in a language other than your own is commendable
And if you've seen my other post about the cricket field - did you know that one way that the batsman may be got out  is for him to be "Stumped"  ?  

DowntownRDB Posted at 5-4 03:20
I'd never heard of that but it is quite the interesting alternative to traditional burials.

My mother and sister are already inhumed that way.

Interesting felling technique but at least it didn't take out the fence.

sky wombat Posted at 5-4 05:38
Interesting felling technique but at least it didn't take out the fence.

I didn't see the actual felling, Bruce. I was quite surprised to see the trees lying in the field as  I passed.

Blériot53 Posted at 5-4 05:11
Finding a witticism in a language other than your own is commendable  
And if you've seen my other post about the cricket field - did you know that one way that the batsman may be got out  is for him to be "Stumped"  ?

Thanks for the compliments

And I'll have to admit that cricket connection is all new to me. All the things you learn

HGDC84 Posted at 5-4 07:57
Thanks for the compliments

And I'll have to admit that cricket connection is all new to me. All the things you learn

When you're REALLY bored and have nothing else to do, you can learn the 11 ways to be "out"  in cricket here:

https://www.icc-cricket.com/abou ... ting%20the%20Field.

Blériot53 Posted at 5-4 08:14
When you're REALLY bored and have nothing else to do, you can learn the 11 ways to be "out"  in cricket here:

https://www.icc-cricket.com/about/development/what-is-cricket/dismissals#:~:text=There%20are%2011%20ways%20of,Ball%20and%20Obstructing%20the%20Field.

I guess I ought to be REALLY, REALLY bored to study that

I'd rather prefer the comic/cartoon/movie/game variety of Bat-man

HGDC84 Posted at 5-4 08:24
I guess I ought to be REALLY, REALLY bored to study that

I'd rather prefer the comic/cartoon/movie/game variety of Bat-man

Yeah, you said it

Blériot53 Posted at 5-4 08:46
Yeah, you said it

I'd watch and listen to the amazing animated series featuring Kevin Conroy any time over watching men hitting a ball with a club

HGDC84 Posted at 5-4 08:53
I'd watch and listen to the amazing animated series featuring Kevin Conroy any time over watching men hitting a ball with a club

That's BASEBALL  

Blériot53 Posted at 5-4 09:09
That's BASEBALL

Not too keen on that either

I do have to admit I don't always know which word to use for the sporting accessories used in English when comparing between different types of sports. In Finnish, we tend to use pretty much the one word for all of them, with possibly the name of the sport in front of them for differentiation. But you have all the paddles, sticks, rackets, clubs and what you have. Enough to confuse me about it

HGDC84 Posted at 5-4 09:14
Not too keen on that either

I do have to admit I don't always know which word to use for the sporting accessories used in English when comparing between different types of sports. In Finnish, we tend to use pretty much the one word for all of them, with possibly the name of the sport in front of them for differentiation. But you have all the paddles, sticks, rackets, clubs and what you have. Enough to confuse me about it

Or there's GOLF, if you want to hit a  ball with a CLUB.   Are you confused yet?

Blériot53 Posted at 5-4 09:20
Or there's GOLF, if you want to hit a  ball with a CLUB.   Are you confused yet?

I did have a small premonition of that one, I am a bit more familiar with golf than I am with cricket (though 99% of what I have learnt from it is through video game versions of the sport, and not probably all of that applies directly to real life )

Blériot53 Posted at 5-4 09:20
Or there's GOLF, if you want to hit a  ball with a CLUB.   Are you confused yet?

Or did you mean, driving a Volkswagen Golf to hit the night club that has the ball going in?

HGDC84 Posted at 5-4 09:24
I did have a small premonition of that one, I am a bit more familiar with golf than I am with cricket (though 99% of what I have learnt from it is through video game versions of the sport, and not probably all of that applies directly to real life  )

Not quite the same

HGDC84 Posted at 5-4 09:26
Or did you mean, driving a Volkswagen Golf to hit the night club that has the ball going in?

Wasn't that a TV advert for the car?

Blériot53 Posted at 5-4 09:28
Not quite the same

Have to agree on that. In real life, I'd never get the hang of it, but in the digital versions, I do have a fighting chance

Blériot53 Posted at 5-4 09:28
Wasn't that a TV advert for the car?

Can't say I'd remember seeing that ad.

HGDC84 Posted at 5-4 09:38
Can't say I'd remember seeing that ad.

It wasn't actually an ad. I was mistaken.

Blériot53 Posted at 5-4 10:09
It wasn't actually an ad. I was mistaken.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIeu7_-iwdw

While not exactly the thought I was chasing (for instance, "the ball" meaning a dance party in my example), I do have to admit that I enjoyed watching the clip you embedded here. Top Gear was very fun to watch during the Clarkson-May-Hammond days.

As a bonus, when you asked if I was confused about that golf thing. In exchange, I represent to you a small way to make English people confused about the Finnish language:
Here are a couple of short sentences in English and their translations in Finnish.

English                               Finnish
A spruce is on fire          - Kuusi palaa
A spruce returns            - Kuusi palaa
Your moon is on fire     - Kuusi palaa
Your moon returns       - Kuusi palaa
Six of them are on fire - Kuusi palaa
Six of them return        - Kuusi palaa
Number six is on fire   - Kuusi palaa
Number six returns     - Kuusi palaa
Six pieces                       - Kuusi palaa

I hope you enjoyed that short Finnish lesson

Blériot53 Posted at 5-4 05:13
My mother and sister are already inhumed that way.

If memory serves me right from a religion class I took so many years ago -

When we die, our bodily elements (hydrogen, carbon, calcium, etc.) return to these basic elements within the earth.  No matter whether you choose a natural burial, embalming, cremation, or so on, your body returns to ‘ash’ and ‘dust’ all the same to enter the cycle of nature yet again.