Look and Sea Centre: decision should be made by those who know Littlehampton well

The fall, my very own favourite season, a time when nature takes back some of what it has given throughout the year.

Animals gain their winter coats and the birds puff out their feathers in preparation for a possible hard winter’s slog.

The trees take on a rare beauty and give their leaves back to the earth and they become part of the land, the soil, refreshing it and gifting us twice over.

Without trees the planet would wither and die for want of the very fresh air we breathe so, why are people so ready to cut them down?

Network Rail fells them by the thousand, having the tenacity to blame rail delays on them for growing alongside the railroad tracks, shedding their leaves on the rails and causing long delays.

Rather than felling they would do better to invest that money in a technology that actually works and keeps the trains moving come autumn leaves, a heatwave or snow.

Now some folk are moaning because leaves are blocking driveways, garages and making a nuisance of themselves in other ways, blocking drains, making walkways slippery. So, what are the council going to do about it? Cut down all of the trees?

I hope not, my community has just raised and spent a good deal of time, effort and money to save a single 150-year-old oak tree and we are proud of that.

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