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More about the tree and the traffic island

Thursday, 9 August, 2018

I last wrote about the tree and traffic island a couple of weeks ago.

One of the markers kept getting sideswiped
One of the markers kept getting sideswiped
Then on 26 July the work finally started
Then on 26 July the work finally started
So the new markers are up but the beacon was never replaced
So the new markers are up but the beacon was never replaced

And the tree. We were quite delighted with the new growth, to be honest. Everything looked great and then we noticed the bark cracking and falling off. Shortly after that the leaves started to get very white. Some leaves are completely white now and some have withered and falling off. We think perhaps the tools transmitted a tree disease. So after hundreds of years, the tree may have met its end. If so, tragic!