Roscobbc
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With the major grass/field fire that 'hit' Wennington earlier this week it got me a little paranoic about the huge pile of now dried-out Lleylandii branches and cuttings that were piled along our rear garden path in a 3 foot high/5 foot wide and 30 foot pile. A few months ago I had been attacking next doors 40/50 foot overhanging branches and hadn't got around to burning them off (very anti-social and I would normally leave something until Guy Fawkes Night) - couple that with a huge pile of dead and decomposing leaves, grass and weeds in the corner of the garden and then the close-on 40 C temperatures early this week and after understanding that the Wennington fire reportedly started from a compost heap........ I didn't want something like that happening here, only 4 or 5 miles away.
Wednesday we all turned-up at our Essex Regional meeting at usual at the Red Lion, Margaretting to learn that only the previous day one of our former (possibly current) C3 owners actually lived in Wennington and it seems as though his property was not badly effected by the fire, he 'only' lost garden outbuilding and sheds, if I understand correctly the rest of the houses in his terrace were destroyed! - he was also fortunate enough to be able to get his Vette out of the garage and moved a few miles away to a friends place.
Wednesday we all turned-up at our Essex Regional meeting at usual at the Red Lion, Margaretting to learn that only the previous day one of our former (possibly current) C3 owners actually lived in Wennington and it seems as though his property was not badly effected by the fire, he 'only' lost garden outbuilding and sheds, if I understand correctly the rest of the houses in his terrace were destroyed! - he was also fortunate enough to be able to get his Vette out of the garage and moved a few miles away to a friends place.
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