Our view, before and after

They've been chopping down trees in the grounds behind our house. These pictures don't quite do justice to it. Here's the view before/during...



(click to enlarge). By the time we realised what was happening and whipped out the camera they'd already taken down the two biggest trees in the middle of what was a dense area. You can see the tree surgeons standing in downstairs' garden (no, of course they didn't ask permission) throwing back over the wall great lumps of tree that had fallen down there. And here's the shot the next day...



It probably doesn't look much different to the casual observer, and the camera can't really capture the depth of the tree coverage that's gone. Previously our bedroom looked out on a veritable woodland, and now it looks out onto the most terrifying thing of all - people. You can now see into our bedroom from the path on the far side of this cleared area, which is about to become a car park for new-build houses. We should count our blessings there aren't houses going there.

To be fair, the trees included big Leylandiis which had shot up in the last decade and actually cut out a lot of light, and what we're now looking at is closer to what was there when we moved in two decades ago. But it's quite a shock to the system when it happens. You can get attached to trees.

There you go, a report from the home front. Now, on with your business.