Action on the Horton Clockwise

First item on the clockwise yesterday was the new horse which will be dealt with on the next post.

The second was an outbreak of red spots on some of the smaller trees in the eastern hedgerow. Possibly the work of an adolescent playing with his new tin of spray paint, but more likely to be the work of a supervising chain saw volunteer, marking down trees for slimming or slaughter. What is it about these people that makes them so keen on chopping things down? Why can't they leave well alone? Should I try to contact the supervising tree warden at reference 1?

The third was a gathering at the roundabout providing access to David Lloyd of maybe 20 white vans, plus a lorry carrying what I took to be three or four  mobile phone masts. I couldn't see the auger truck which one might have thought would have been provided to make the holes into which to drop the poles, but I was amused by the number of vans that seemed to be needed. Alternatively, maybe they like to assemble from all around for their mid morning tea & fags. Safety in numbers in these smoke free days.

The fourth was the continuing absence of aeroplanes on the flight path down into Heathrow, despite the clear view of the reasonably clear sky at several places along the way. There was the odd plane, including one that had probably taken off from Heathrow, and the odd track, but nothing going down. All very odd.

Reference 1: http://www.psmv2.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/tree-buffs.html.