I saw a few broken branches underneath a horse chestnut tree and wondered whether somebody had been trying to bring down conkers much too early.

Then I saw more broken branches. It looked like vandalism …

Then I saw whole tree trunks… this fallen tree trunk was the other side of the River Thames.

This split willow was the other side of the River Ock.

The willow has already been cleared from the Ock Valley Walk.

But even though some of the evidence has been removed, there can only be one real suspect …

The wind.