And it certainly was! Early yeaterday afternoon the wind was raging all around us and suddenly I caught a bigger than normal waving of the trees! Timber….. The Goat Willow had broken in half and was lying prone in the middle of the pond. I felt so sad – it is a really old tree and losing half your old body must hurt dreadfully.

But weren’t we so lucky that it did no more damage to the garden. Yes landing in the pond was an inconvent place but nothing was hurt…