then and now

The top shows the sycamore the first time it was cut down the left hand lower pic shows how it grew again the right hand lower pic shows how it has been cut this time and how the ivy has grown on it over the years.
It will grow again.
It was extremely tall and broad until the first cut down, and over 100 years old. We know this because our houses were build on the old cricket pitch and a friends grandfather said he used to sit under it when he was a lad watching cricket. He was 90, that was a good few years ago when he told us