Driving through the Carrock Splash ford that crosses the fell road from Mungrisdale to Hesket Newmarket in the far north-west of the Lake District, I find my way blocked by a dozen semi-feral ponies.
New, adjoining roads gradually began to appear, such as Lamesley Road, which later became Kells Lane, and Low Fell Road, which became Beaconsfield Road and Belle Vue Bank.
Perhaps a more united approach is prevalent on the fells than road?
Floor-to-ceiling windows gave us a view of the hurricane at work, while high on the wall was another monitor, a television with every station detailing downed power lines, flooded subways, trees felled across roads.
Vanessa Leeming, who lives in the Nether Edge area of the city and has several trees earmarked for felling on her road, said she had decided to get involved in the campaign when she heard about the morning raid this month.
The Code of Practice for Forest Harvesting in Asia-Pacific provides operational restrictions for felling, skidding and road construction but provides no guidelines for haulage.
However, introducing the excavator and tree felling along the road before the crawler tractor does its job, requires additional machinery rental, compensation for fellers and extra time in comparison with the conventional road construction system by crawler tractor only.
Gigantic trees felled by the road side.
Here and there by the side of the road, felled trees are tied up in bundles, like captured prisoners.
The 90ft lime was the sixth tree to be felled on Chatsworth Road: healthy, blameless, 100 years old but destroyed just the same.
