Tree felling in Epperstone churchyard
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Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 18 Dec 2009
This substantial beech tree had apparently started to drop branches and it was considered prudent to take it out. It was being cut for logs rather than try to rescue it in longer lengths. Although not obvious in this picture, the lower part of the tree was already hollow.