Sunday; From where I sit I can see three collared doves, two of which must be the young for they harass the third. Then there are the phlox coming out, remnants of the old garden. Some flowers hang their heads after the wind and the storm we had yesterday evening, the honeysuckle remains upright as does the blackberry, full of flower and the promise of blackberries and then a red rose.
The plum tree branches hang heavy with green plums, threatening to break the young branches, behind them a rose I am not too keen on think it is Clarence House, must check. Then the roses that bind the church wall, Jam and Jerusalem, magnificently coloured, (almost too much) flirts with the grass, must cut it back after flowering. The pink roses look blowsy but there is a yellow/pale pink that holds promise.
I see a 'worthy' gentleman of the land has been appointed as a 'tree guardian' Sir William Worsley lives just down the road (well about 10 miles away) at Hovingham Hall. Michael Gove our environment minister has appointed him to look after the trees of this country, without pay as well!
My estimation of Gove has gone slightly up, perhaps thinking of him as 'Mr.Toad of Toad Hall' got him his job, as to what needs to be done for the environment but I am not holding my breath.
Huffington News gives a breakdown of the news, first time I have come across Huffington on the internet, it used to go through F/B but now I never see it. Well I wish Worsley all the best in his job, he has plenty to do, what with stopping the decimation of trees in Sheffield, and what is this the firm who are cutting down the trees hold Sheffield Council to hostage with a 30 million pound contract break fee. Then there is HS2 and the cutting down of old woods along the new trackway. Does the North need this new rail link from London, or would it rather see the money spent on linking Northern cities with each other?
Time for coffee.....
Time for coffee.....
Mass transit important to stop global warming but keeping trees important to stop global warming...a difficult dance.
ReplyDeleteThe HS2 rail track from South to North, will slice through ancient woodland and villages and is not very welcome for that reason. But planting a forest through England does not seem to have got off the ground.
ReplyDeleteThe trees in Sheffield have already gone,the fight about trees being felled there has been ongoing for ages (I see tree felling fear in Sheffield is mentioned in the Huff Post link you gave us). One thing to note about the Huffington Post is that it is a liberal left American on-line news site and as such liberal left, American biased. I always bear this in mind when reading the stuff they put out and put an alternative slant on, As for HS2 I see no reason why businessmen in a hurry shouldn't get up 20 minutes earlier and catch an earlier train. I regard it as a waste of money.
ReplyDeleteVery informative Rachel, I presumed HP was American, and it would suit me if it is liberal left! As far as HS2 is concerned, the money could be better spent on so much else as far as railways are concerned.
DeleteI can't think of a single person I know who is in favour of HS2. Is speed all that important and, as Rachel says, let those who think it important get up and catch an earlier train. Ancient woodland, tranquil villages - these are going to become images from the past and all for the sake of half an hour or so and an awful lot of destruction.
ReplyDeleteThe sad thing is, the destruction of the great swathe of country needed to build it will not hold up against the money generated in contracts to build it....
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