Apparently there were winds of up to 100mph when we were away on holiday. I might not believed that had I not seen the evidence for myself! Luckily we didn't notice this on Friday night as it was pitch black when we got home - but the following morning we were rather confused to see a lot of foliage just outside the patio. The 60ft tree at the back of the garden had been completely uprooted and blown down!! It was a healthy tree (in fact it had been checked out before) but the winds must have been phenomenal. It unfortunately has gone straight through the greenhouse, shattering the glass and buckling the metal frame. I was more upset that we had spent a week at Easter cleaning the greenhouse and planting seedlings and tomatoes! It is also leaning on the hut which has been pushed backwards, and I don't think it will spring back. It also has a hole in the roof but we can't get into the door to inspect the damage. Here are some pictures...
Of course Seb has found it all very interesting. I couldn't see him in the garden yesterday and it wasn't until I looked up I realised he was up on the hut roof! He had just climbed up the tree trunk and was up there wandering around and barking at a dog in another garden! We thought he was stuck and made a gallant attempt to get him down. The video shows Andrew trying to entice him and I put the camera down when he seemed to be headed over the other side of the roof. Turns out he can get up and down there by himself since he has done in another twice since and seems to think we have set up this arrangement for his benefit!
We have been asked by the insurance company to get some quotes to remove the tree and replace the greenhouse/hut so we will need to try and get that sorted, and keep everything crossed they pay out! The patio was due to be done soon but we might have to hold off until this is sorted. At least it wasn't through my extension, into the neighbours garden, or worst case, landed on Seb! We escaped the volcano on holiday but clearly were due a natural disaster of some kind.
Ideas now for a small (!) tree to plant in its place,??
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Hi, What a dog!!! Love the video! My he can run rings round you. He must love his new playground and probably couldn't believe his luck that you had arranged this for him as a surprise to make up for going away and leaving him!!! Seriously though hope you get the tree sorted and the insurance too. Enjoy the rset of the week. lol Anne xxx
Omg I cant believe that massive tree has fallen down! What a relief that nobody was hurt!Cant you push it back up and stick it back haha!
Those pictures and video of Seb are so funny, trust him to do that! xx
Oh my!!! Can't believe that tree fell down, good job you were away and noone was hurt. Heres a question...do you think the tree made a noise when it fell down?!!?
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