Fallen eucalyptus by boxplayer

Fallen eucalyptus

A victim of Storm Henk - very heartbreakingly, the beautiful eucalyptus in the park which has been there as long as I've lived in Walthamstow came down yesterday in the high winds. I'd cycled over after Zumba and while I was there many other people stopped by to mourn its loss.

The tree visible in the William Morris gardens in 2019 https://365project.org/boxplayer/365-2019/2019-06-08

Not as restful a day as I'd planned as I thought would be a good idea to start up Zumba again so cycled there and then onto the park. Just managed to miss the hard shower that came down while I was in the class.

Salad for lunch and cooked a big lentil, cabbage and leek stew for supper and Dave's lunches. Caught up with photo backing up while watching Ghostbusters II and Finding Dory. And over supper saw the second episode of Mr Bates versus the Post Office - so scandalous.

Street baubles https://365project.org/boxplayer/extras/2024-01-03

3 January 2024
Walthamstow E17
...the visible tree in 2019 , is restricted from public view Box (365 won't show it) , this is such a sad story
January 3rd, 2024  
Great pov. Sad when things like this happen
January 4th, 2024  
Wow, could have been a tragedy
January 4th, 2024  
Such a shame...beautiful tree...eucalypts have a tendency to fall in storms...lucky nobody was hurt.
January 4th, 2024  
@phil_howcroft thanks, unrestricted
January 4th, 2024  
Oh dear always sad when trees fall. Glad nobody was injured though.
January 4th, 2024  
How sad, glad I could see the photo of it in all its glory in the 2019 photo. Glad no one was hurt. Was the trunk rotten in places?
January 4th, 2024  
Around the world, the trees are falling due to the severe storms, they are really getting wild.
January 4th, 2024  
Such a sad loss.
January 4th, 2024  
Great photo of a sad event!
January 4th, 2024  
Trees are like old friends… a constant in our ever changing world. So sad when they are gone.
January 4th, 2024  
hopefully they leave them in situ to become a whole ecosystem
January 4th, 2024  
Such a beautiful old tree. What a shame.
January 4th, 2024  
@corinnec yes thank goodness not. One of the women I saw by the fallen tree had been running in the park earlier that day - despite the bad weather, there were still people out and about
January 4th, 2024  
@illinilass not that I could see no
January 4th, 2024  
So much damage has been caused by strong winds over recent years.
January 4th, 2024  
Such a shame.
January 4th, 2024  
Such a shame😢😢
January 4th, 2024  
Such a shame! I was watching on the news the disaster Henk is causing
January 4th, 2024  
What a shame, but a wonderful capture nonetheless.
January 4th, 2024  
It is sad to lose the tree
January 4th, 2024  
Truly awful, poor tree. I wonder how old she was? I always remember 'Dogmatix' from Asterix books, he bawled his eyes out whenever a tree was felled. Gotta agree with him. Cor, am rambling these days, sorry!
January 4th, 2024  
A beautiful picture but so sad too
January 4th, 2024  
How very sad but beautifully captured
January 4th, 2024  
What a sad loss, nicely captured
January 4th, 2024  
A sad but all to familiar scene recently! 8 named storms we’ve had since September apparently!
January 4th, 2024  
Sad to see but beautifully composed.
January 4th, 2024  
Sad that such a tree has been brought down by the latest storm, but trees don't last forever. At least this was a natural phenomenon and not an act of vandalism. We have had so many storms this year compared with a more normal year.

Ian
January 4th, 2024  
That’s sad. But a nice photo to record the event.
January 4th, 2024  
Always sad to see a fallen tree
January 5th, 2024  
@blightygal I know, it's just so final after often years of life
January 5th, 2024  
@fishers yes that's right, sad though it is, this does happen (they lost 6 trees at Kew apparently due to Henk), I just can't begin to imagine how locals are dealing with the Sycamore Gap outrage
January 5th, 2024  
Such a shame. Plant this new tree for future generations.
January 5th, 2024  
Lovely shot
January 5th, 2024  
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