General Discussion
I think DEEDOODLE has mixed up butchered with pollarding, the two are quite different.
@leatash - i beg to differ, the weight in the tree is in the trunk not in the small branches that have slowly grown back after many years since it was last butchered. In 18 months you will have a tuft of branches sticking out of the trunk. The only reason it is butchered in this way is because it is cheaper to do so, not for any other reason, in my opinion.
It will be back to normal in 18 months and it's been saved from falling into the brook.
Walking along The Brook yesterday evening, by the old monkey house, I saw that one of the lovely willows that had been butchered many years ago has now been revisited by talented tree surgeons! Poor quality pic from my phone, still shows the pruning extent.
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I don't know what news you are following, but everything I am seeing says May's deal hasn't got a chance of being passed by parliament. Leavers and Remainers are united in their condemnation of it.
@burnside You are not listening to the news then.