I never rated Monty Python. Yes, the
Lumberjack Song is amusing, clever and satirical but there's something too self-regarding about the whole Python thing. Not many laughs.
Today Adrian and myself applied our saws, axe and 'loppers' to take down and cut up three trees. The temperature was barely above zero but we kept warm somehow. How useful those hours in the gym have proved to be!
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| The workers prepare |
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| The first cuts |
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| It's ready to fall |
I captured the moment of success in
this video. I was so intent on watching the phone screen that I completely failed to notice Adrian had sawn through the entire trunk and had indeed succeeded in dislodging the tree (which refused to fall over - our washing line restraint was quite unnecessary).
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| No more trees: like the aftermath of a disaster! |
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| So much stuff to go to the dump! |
Multiple trips to the dump may start as early as tomorrow morning.
