Visit to The Tree
13th July, 2007 - Photographer: Fee Warner
Written on Sunday 15th July, 2007 - Updated 20th July, 2007

THE GOOD NEWS

There was nothing pinned to the tree. No new graffiti. Some nice new messages. Very little rubbish and it was a lovely sunny day (though isn't it always for me?

Ellie & I took two extra large bags (100 litres each) of Bark Chippings and 'topped up' the steps and viewing platform. I have never seen so many 'helicopter' seeds from the tree so it must be in good health to make so many :-)

I also took a bottle of spray weed killer to spray on the little weeds (before they turn into big weeds!) which have a nasty habit to growing in the bark chippings on the steps. Last time Ruth and I weeded them out, but as I knew they'd be back I thought 'spraying them' would be easier :-)

The Bronze, PRS Memorial and Memorial Plaques are all in good order and Ellie did some polishing, while I cut back the Ivy which had grown down the 'log roll' at the back of the PRS Memorial and had even grown so far it was covering the 'cobblestone' base of the PRS Memorial so it looks tidier and not so 'over grown'. I took some 'pruning shearers' especially to do this.

I also took some graffiti remover and successfully cleaned off the remains of the spray paint Kev couldn't get off the TAG notice & two tributes on our list visit when we met up with Ruth. They are now as good as new :-) The Photo on the left was taken on the 29th April 2007. Read the Report & View the Photo Gallery Here.

THE BAD NEWS

The lovely 'Pan Statue' Club Member Dean bought especially from American for the site is now headless. Kev fixed it in place and I think someone held it by the head and tried to 'waggle' it to steal it. But as it was well fixed they only got the head :-(

Dean was, as you can imagine so upset when he heard the news. The Company in the US where Dean ordered the Pan Statue from is currently out of stock, so a replacement may not be possible in time for September :-(

  CANDLE WAX

Ellie, bless her also cleaned off the candle wax which was on the step by the Bronze, using a nail file she had in her bag. Unfortunately people leave candles burning when they leave which aren't in 'pots' so they have a nasty habit of making quite a mess.

Of course in dry weather conditions they can be a 'Fire Hazard' so if you are going to take candles take either tea lights of other candles in their own 'pots' so that the fire cannot spread and the wax doesn't run everywhere and 'weld' itself onto the wood of the steps and get in the grain of the steps too, as it is a fiddly and quite time consuming job to remove it. Ellie was doing the 'wax removal' while I was busy cleaning off the graffiti.

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Fee (TAG Founder & Secretary)