Broken

The broken disarticulated parts of a storm damaged beech lay jumbled and heaped around it's trunk in South Oakley; this ancient beech, I'd suggest easily old enough to pre-date the enclosure of this land in 1853, has succumbed to the ferocity of the elements. I notice from the perspective of the photo that it's hard to gauge scale, giving the tree the impression of appearing much smaller than it is; that horizontal branch is actually about 2.5m or so from the ground. I wonder if she'll struggle on? Many do; I know it's been well and truly slighted, but several smaller lower branches, like the horizontal one, remain unharmed and viable; I've seen trees come back from worse.