"Timber!"...

[Stalker62]

Just out walking the dog the other morning.




Same old, same old.

Had the mobile phone on, listening to the BBC downloads. Hugh Bonneville narrating the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Helps to take me to my 'happy place'...



If I every win the lottery, I should like the complete series narrated by Stephen Fry; but I digress.

During this wee walk, I manage to video a Muntjac that 'circles' me and the dog for about three minutes. If I knew how to upload that, I could prove it, but I can't, so you will just have to take my word for it.

About 30 seconds later, I mange to 'photo' the passing of a Roe Doe...


They are so close together (in time and space), that I have to double check they are actually two different deer - never mind different species.

I wander on, listening with anticipation (ironic: I have read all of the Sherlock Holmes stories multiple times) about the death of Mortimer Tregennis and the revenge of Dr. Leon Sterndale.

As I walk along a boundary line, I hear a rumbling, and then a crashing just behind me. I turn on my heels to find that this missed me by about 30 seconds...




I wander back (Do not worry Holmes does not report Dr. Sterndale to the Police, but allows him to return to West Africa to complete his work there).

Examination of the tree, shows it to be so rotten, that had it struck me, it would have caused absolutely no injury (other than pride) at all.

Mind how you go.

 

[bullet chucker]

Hope you returned it from whence it came?

BC.

 

[Stalker62]

Just a 'still' from the Muntjac video...

 

[willie_gunn]

I was out stalking on a beautiful Summer morning some years ago. I heard a noise like a torrential downpour, looked around and a tree about 50 yards away proceeded to come crashing down. Looking at the tree itself it was in full leaf and apparently fine health.

It was quite sobering to consider what could have happened!

Re: Stephen Fry and Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection, if you're on Audible you can (or certainly could, back in 2019) get them for 1 credit, which represents a hefty saving.

 

[opticron1]

We have a couple of wooded parks nearby and the last storm managed to bring some substantial old and well established trees down - including a couple of magnificent Scots Pines. The local cooncil were quick to help remove any other "at risk" branches/trees in case of injury to the local populace.
I tend not to listen to anything on my walks as I prefer to be alert to all things around me (apart from the tinnitus of course!...), I'm always amazed when I walk up to folk how much of a fright they get as they've got earphones in and are completely oblivious to all around them. Maybe a bit busier here than your patch.

 

[Dickie]

I had similar experience when I was a lad walking home in the dark along a footpath with a friend when right in front of us down it came, that close it brushed the front wheels of the bikes we were pushing, I can't remember hearing anything until it was down. Being young and carefree a quick wow, shrug of the shoulders and we carried on our way home.