Disappearing Trees

The most common form of heating in rural Brittany is still by wood burning stoves, although this is slowly changing as now modern houses have electric or oil fired central heating.

However, wood is now becoming somewhat of a scarce commodity and over the last few years the price per chord is increasing to reflect the dwindling supply.

This year has been the first time, that I have noticed trees in vast quantities disappearing from the roadside and in fields that used to provide the cows some shade in the summer months as farmers try to keep up with the demand for this valuable heating source.