The Castle grounds are looking a bit barer now (quite a lot barer, in fact), as several trees have come down and are being chopped up.
Round near the gate on Oxford Street, someone has left a bunch of flowers - and when I passed over the weekend, there were some potted plants there - with the chalked message "for the trees".
I think quite a few people around town are sad to see them go (and I did hear someone query whether the jackdaws had been given a proper eviction order!).
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it's nice to be able to see the castle
The trees that have been cut down were either diseased or dangerous, and those trees that overlook the town square have had a temporary stay of execution because of jackdaw eggs in the nests.
I felt sorry for the bunch of daffs that someone left 'for the trees'. I was thinking of leaving a bunch of primroses 'for the daffs'. and then I thought, well, I'd have to leave a bunch of violets 'for the primroses'. And then I thought, well, I'd have to leave a bunch of roses 'for the violets'. And then I thought . . .
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