Parish hall tree’s a cut above the rest

Saturday 24th January 2004, 12:00AM GMT.

THE view from Grouville Parish Hall will never be quite the same again after a diseased turkey oak had to be felled this week for safety reasons.

Tree surgeons John and Roy Pallot and their team spent two days working on the 18-ton oak because damp weather made the task a slippery one.The giant tree will not go to waste, however, because the trunk and branches will be used as climbing frames for the aye-ayes at Jersey Zoo.John Pallot said that because of the nature of its future use, the trunk was left in a large section.The operation will lead to eight lorry-loads including boughs and brushwood being transported to the Zoo – ensuring that there are enough places for the lemurs to swing and leap from to keep them fit and healthy.

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