A fine tree, if rather carelessly photographed, rather badly infested with ivy. Oddly, the ivy on a couple of similar trees nearby had been sectioned some time ago and was dying off nicely. So why did this tree get left? Was it the last remaining habitat in northern Surrey for the great leaf cutting newt? One must die in order that the others may live?
First thought was to approach the Residents' Association to get something done. Second thought was to take a saw along and do it myself. But third thought was that either thing was much too bizzy. The health or otherwise of the tree is a matter for the people who live near it: not for me to bizzy myself with it on their behalf.
But if any reader is moved to act he or she can try http://www.epsom-ewell.co.uk/stamford.php - assuming, that is, that the tree is indeed in Stamford Ward. Google has not yet gotten around to ward boundaries.
To close, I note in passing that the nearby memorial to the lost water tower which occasioned my visit to the area (ask in the other place about wartocracy) is still looking a bit unloved. A look which was not improved by the disturbances arising from the new brick walls in the vicinity - 5 or 6 feet high, looking a bit large and presumably replacing softwood fencing which did not stand the test of time. Perhaps a more serious cause for concern than ivy: the whole estate is riddled with softwood fencing of one sort or another which is already starting to look very tatty. Who has to pay to get it fixed? Or replaced with something with a bit more life in it?
Tatty fence, tatty mind as they used to say in ancient Rome. Or so it was claimed when I was little.
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