Falling branch risks
By cotterell
Saturday, 1 June 2013
Falling branch risks
John Mason
Surrey is the most heavily wooded county in Britain, but even cycling or walking on windy days, with lots of recently fallen wood on the ground, I’ve never seen or heard a branch drop on the road or trail ahead, or anywhere nearby.
Trees surely loose branches only when the wind gusts to its strongest. So unless you’re cycling at the absolute peak of the worst storm in months, don’t worry too much. But a relatively small disturbance may bring down a detached limb left hanging in other branches, so it’s worth looking out for and avoiding those – especially when it’s windy.
Chris Juden
This was first published in the June / July 2013 edition of Cycle magazine.
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