Two years ago we had some very blustery conditions as storm and then hurricane weather patterns which originated in the Atlantic Ocean, made landfall and descended on our part of Snowdonia. The result of these heavy winds, squalls and gusts was a number of old trees came crashing down.
One such tree was a Mayflower thorn tree, which had been growing in our garden hedge for as long as I can remember and in all likely hood had been planted pre-war.
It was quite a gnarly specimen and sitting quite close to the lane had lost foliage to passing tractors and the bank in which it was growing had suffered soil loss and erosion over the years, so it was no surprise when this lovely old tree lost its footing and plummeted into the lane. Luckily it did so during the night when there is no passing traffic, as it probably weighed around two tons!
A neighbour arrived with his chainsaw and cut the tree into several pieces, which I have added to the pile of wood I have air drying in the garden. The base of the tree was cut into logs and these I put a the top of the garden to dry out.
I noticed the other day that one of these logs was drying with a most interesting and intricate pattern and is pictured above.
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