- Have you ever seen a tree looking sorrier for itself?
The Winds of May
For Monday 23rd May, the met office had the severe warnings of high winds announced in plenty of time. Never again will Michael Fish face criticism for telling us that “there is no hurricanes” (or yet never can he live it down).
But who told the trees? I love the North Inch park and often divert, whilst walking into town, through the park to walk. It is a pleasure to amble through the green open space with lovely trees, watch the rugby/football matches and and joggers etc. But what I saw on Tuesday morning brought a tear to my eye. Some of the largest trees in the park had been brought to their knees by the winds of the evening before. Also, some of the youngest trees only 20ft high were ripped out of the ground and had been blown around the park like candy floss on a stick.
Hats off to Perth council for having gardeners there first thing on Tuesday morning to tidy up the devastation. But whilst the debris could be cleared up in a week or so it may take another 50 years for replacement trees to match their predecessors.