Worshippers who
arrived at the midweek communion service at St Paul’s on Thursday 18 January
were amazed to find a large ornamental cherry tree which had stood on the corner of the church site, snapped off at its base and lying in the road.
Many people have been kept awake by the high , winds the night before, but the snapping across of the 30 cm trunk a little above its base showed just how strong those winds had been. Happily other trees on the site, some of which seemed more frail than this one, were not affected. Apart from the rector’s garden fence, none of the buildings on the site were damaged.
