The weather has been pretty rotten the past week. We had a couple of days of heavy rain, so much so when I went out to feed the birds on Thursday night, the ground was like mud.

Then Friday the winds started. We regularly get high winds this time of year, but they were particularly strong the past few days, up to 73 miles an hour during the night. That coupled with the very soft ground from all the rain has not done the trees any good.

I think we’ve lost one tree in the neighbours garden. That in itself wouldn’t be such a problem except that it’s the old apple tree coated in wild ivy, and home to at least a couple of dozen birds, none of whom are overly thrilled at the strange angle the tree is now listing.

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