Both Peter and Captain Chaos have sent emails about the Lime Trees on Caldecott Road …

Peter said “How to make a beautiful road ugly. The trees just needed a slight trim not wanton vandalism!” Then later, “Much of the first few trees have been amputated, but then they stopped. The rest are still overhanging the road and probably need a trim. It makes one think, did they attack the wrong trees?”

Captain Chaos says “Driving down Caldecott Road a fortnight ago I was horrified to see the first half a dozen Lime trees had been given a severe pruning, so much so I considered contacting council to ask the question why? However, going by next day work appeared to have stopped. Had they attacked the wrong trees thought I? Alas, yesterday the tree surgeons were back and the once beautiful, full of leaf, row of fine looking specimens have, in my humble opinion, been mutilated.”

Captain Chaos adds that “According to the VWHDC planning portal the old Hanoi café site in Stert Street has a planning application for conversation to a Vintage furniture shop, to also include a Milk Shake bar.”

“Also there is an application to demolish “The Isis” bungalow on Wilsham road. This road is undergoing quite a transformation.”

He says, “I wish the VWHDC council would do something about the scrap yard that’s now taken over the headland where the old boat house had their fuel pumps. It does not a good impression to boaters arriving here.”

One of the large Wellingtonia trees in the Albert Park was undergoing drastic tree surgery yesterday. Thanks to Ben for the Picture.

Wellingtonia are a familiar tree in Albert Park park, and there are about ten left standing. They are also called Giant Redwood.

The liquid amber trees add autumn colour to The Square and war memorial.

More liquid amber trees can be seen on the Market Place – although they were partly hidden by the Monday Market today.

When it came to refurbishing the Market Place ten years ago the choice was between liquid amber and the London plane. The planes by St Helens’ Wharf are only just beginning to turn yellow and golden.

Ten years ago, there was a magnificent chestnut tree next to the Ladygrove Meadow playpark.

I would guess it was cut down about five years ago. It had started to rot, and the hollow inside was getting bigger. Branches were probably getting dangerous.

Passing that way on Sunday I stopped to look at the clusters of fungus.

and noticed how boring insects had made some areas as soft as Balsa Wood.