Gardener Dan Bull works from a cherrypicker to trim a section of 14-metre-high yew hedge at the National Trust’s Powis Castle. The famous tumps are more than 300 years old and it takes one gardener 10 weeks each autumn to clip themPhotograph: Jacob King/PA, from a gallery at The Guardian.
I have some waist-high yew that need occasional pruning, so I find this photo absolutely awesome. Also, the word "tump" was new to me ("Britain, rare. A mound or hillock, probably from the Welsh twmp.")
There's also "tumpline" - a strap that goes from a backpack around the carrier's forehead
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