JournoBob

On 29/10/2023 at 22:35, Longcol said:

So they'd rather the disease continued to spread to other larch trees by the look of it.

 

From the link above -

 

"The government’s Forestry Commission served a Statutory Plant Health Notice (SPHN) to Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust forcing it to chop down hundreds of larch trees after they contracted Phytophthora ramorum – a non-native, fungus-like disease.

 

There is no cure and it is the Commission’s policy to destroy trees in the infected area – including healthy trees – as quickly as possible to prevent spreading."

 

 

Lots of larches are immune to this infection, and if they remain in place we'll still have larches in twenty years. 

If the Forestry Commission's plans go ahead then all the larches from here to Scotland will end up being felled. 

The people who work for Sheffield Council's forestry department are tearing their hair out about this, from what I hear. Their feeling is that it would be better to only remove trees which are showing an adverse reaction to the infection, and to allow others to remain in the hope that they'll be resistant. But the SPHN which has been served doesn't allow for that. It makes compulsory the felling of all larches within a certain distance of infected ones. 

My feeling is that the forestry department's staff are better informed, or have a better plan for the future of trees, than the Forestry Commission. 

Sad.

On 26/06/2021 at 20:32, Annie Bynnol said:

The map shows an incorrect location.

The only explanation must be that the house moves.

 

I wonder if the map on the sales website shows where the post code is, not where the house is. With rural houses like that post codes are often a bit of a way from the house when you put them into Google Maps.

On 27/06/2021 at 16:14, Brian Hardy said:

We lived at Stanage Lodge for 15 years and bought it as Stanage Lodge,no idea why the spelling is different. The house was in a bit of a state as you could stand in the cellar and look up to see the roof.It was hard work living there as there was no mains water,electicity or gas and you got nine months of winter and three months of bad weather.There were some good times and running the clay pigeon shooting club we met some fantastic people.some of them who we still keep in touch with today.The parties were legendary and Christmases were just a dream as there was plenty of room for all the family to stay.

The knock on the door at 2.00a.m happened a few times but it was nothing that a twelve bore could sort,joking apart it was always someone in difficulty that nine times out of ten were in lets say,a compromising situation.

The house was repossesed by the bank because we were stupid enough to get involved with some very dishonest people who we trusted and we were taken advantage of in the most cruel way.It was heart breaking and led us to become very wary of getting close to other people ever again.

Our two sons had a great time living there as everyday was an adventure and they would be happy to return but not at the current price tag!!!!!!

I asked why the name has changed and was told it was always Stanedge Lodge on the deeds of the house, not Stanage.

You must have spent a fortune on the place when you lived there to get it all done up from having holes in the roof like you say. What a lot of hard work and cash to expend only to have it all reposessed because of some chancer. That must have been awful. But I bet your sons had the best time growing up there. I'd love to have lived somewhere like that when I was a kid.

I know this is an old thread, but I've been looking at this house as it's for sale now. 

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/108302459

Seems like it's called Stanedge Lodge, not Stannedge Lodge. I think the pole is Stanage Pole, and the edge is Stanage Edge, so why the difference in spelling? I don't know. But it looks like an amazing place. Wish I could afford it!