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Rusty_Hinge[_2_] · 18-03-2009, 08:33 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

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The largest trees we've taken down (in sections) were two poplars, which
were six feet in diameter at the base, and over 200 feet high. They were
landmarks - and could be seen from twenty miles away on a clear day.

Hmm. That's well over 250 feet.

What's well over 250 ft?

One was 218 feet and the oter was 209 IIRC

Methinks 20 miles is a trifle of
an exaggeration ....

Nope. They were on high ground beside the Thames Basin in North London,
and they poked up like - well, I've heard them referred to as -
'rabbit's ears' and 'two fingers'.

By-the-bye, while we were working on them we were being observed by a
buzzard, for a while.

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Rusty
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