A view from the garden, but not the view to show visitors. This is the ugly side of the hedge, at the back, where I have given the hedge a severe pruning. I have also taken about two feet from its base as it was grown along the ground and it branches were acting as a ladder for lots of ivy to grow through its centre. Now it looks like a manicured poodle, a bit like the rest of the garden.
The pruned beech. Day 1