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On Tuesday I went for a walk on the Common with a few walking group friends – all in-line with guidelines and socially distanced.
We were taken to Highfield village where there was a tree that had had to be cut down where the guy had carved it into the shape of an arm chair. 
The tree, I was told, was a Cricket Bat Willow that had been planted by a cricketer 40 years ago. I asked if they could use the off-cuts for bats and was told, No! the tree needs to be only twelve years old to be used for making bats.
Fun Eh!
That is fun, although a little sad that it wasn’t used to make cricket bats, as the cricketer intended.
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No I don’t think that was the intention when it was planted. I expect they have special plantations for that. I thought it was sad it had to be cut down but I know trees do suffer with winds and disease and such like.
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reminds my of deer hunting stand in northern Minnesota 😉
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Something similar, I presume.
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I am seeing a lot more sculpture using trees and most are made with chainsaws. It amazes me that they can be made that way. and how nice an arm chair.. I wonder if it can actually be sat in. My home is over 100 year old farm house and in the back yard are 2 cider trees that were here before the house.. They need to be removed but I really don’t want to do that because they are so majestic.. and the little old lady who lives next door.. her husband grew up in this house .. and he played under these trees.. until she has passed on, those trees will remain up as I respect her memories and really have no desire to remove them..
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People were sitting in the arm chair. It is just the right size for a small armchair. Why do your trees need to be removed?
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This is interesting, the armchair looks great but sad the tree had to be cut down and that it can’t be used for cricket bats.
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I hadn’t realised that there were special trees to make cricket bats. It is because the wood is light and strong.
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Hi, how can you have a 20-year-old tree that was planted 40 years ago? Asking for a friend. Renee
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Typo! Should have read it back. 40 is correct.
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