HUMBERSTON CHURCH ELDERS MIGHT HAVE TO TACKLE ROGUE ELDER BEFORE IT GETS OLDER!

Scenic summer sight - St Peter's Church in Humberston

LOOK carefully at this photograph of Humberston's fine parish church and what do you see?

High on the tower, sprouting from the masonry is a magnificent elder shrub in bloom.

The roots won't be doing the fabric of St Peter's much good, so what should be done?

Probably best to remove it - ideally cost-free by a churchwarden or member of the congregation, preferably one with a head for heights.

Failing that, a contractor may have to be called in.

That won't come cheap, but here's an idea!

There are sufficient flowers on the shrub to make at least four bottles of elderflower champagne - exclusive holy champagne! 

The task completed, the bottles could be sold by auction or raffle, more than covering the costs of removal. 

Cheers everyone!

Bottles of champagne in the making - the rogue elder in bloom