More on the wood pile!

There are several piles of wood lying around the grounds and the woods that all need cutting into manageable sized chunks.  Some of the trees that have been felled by the wind and have been roughly cut in order to get them out of a path, others have just died and fallen over. Either way they need to be cut up and added to the existing stack.  The clearing of one area by Bruce and Al i(Ali Burnett .. who is with us for a while on the La Cote equivalent of a WWOOF !) uncovered a grand old tree which was brought down by the wind 5 years or so ago.   It was a majestic horse chestnut.  We will clear most of it away but will leave one or two big bits to cater for the insects.