Tree Day

In the good old US of A, they have what they call a "snow day" if the snow's so bad that the kids can't get to school. Yesterday, we had a "tree day", with no less than four separate tree-related incidents.

• Overhanging branches at one end of the route, trains being cautioned past
  
• Branch/small tree blown on to the line a bit further on from the above
• Tree on the line at the other end of the route
• Tree blocking station approach road

Yours truly was involved in the latter incident. Or, more specifically, in attempting "crowd" management/placating, given that we had no vehicular access to or from the station car park.

Despite putting out regular announcements, placing cones across the car park entrance, and our car park attendant putting hazard tape across the road, people were quite happily ignoring everything and driving down the road anyway...Ho hum.

When I eventually left, on the penultimate train of the night, the tree was still blocking the road and they were awaiting a tree surgeon.

And here's a photo of the tree in question: