Trees in the wrong place!

Which was there first , the tree or the Tarmac path ?

Agreed - although we had one huge specimen that hosted so many birds and owls too. But .... I am also always surprised when people buy houses with large trees or hedges that shade their garden or some rooms- and then complain bitterly about it. People who bought the new bungalow next to our mature mixed tree hedge- complained about it day in, day out- as soon as they moved in. And yet that hedge was there when they first came to see the bungalow, when they came to see it again, the day they decided to buy it, and the day they signed the contract- and no way were we going to cut it for them- as we didn't want to see the new bungalow- as we were used to looking over fields.

Planting Leylandii should be illegal!

We had to cut down a Leylandii hedge that was blocking all the light from our living room when we moved into this house. My DH left part of it to deaden the noise from the road, but there is one by the garden gate which is now so tall and bushy that it is making access difficult. I have asked my DH to cut it down but he says he will trim it instead. I really don't think that will help much. I dislike Leylandii intensely.

I like trees but like you had to cut down a eucalyptus which was given to us as no more than a twig, but rapidly grew like jack and the beanstalk.

What does worry me though were we live, the road through to the shops is lined with trees and the leaves are piling up and being the sort of person who has many a slip in the past, I am s**t scared of going over on the damp slippery carpet of leaves.