tree fellas

I visited Carlos a few weeks ago asking if we needed permission to close the road while I chopped down a few trees that are right on the edge of the road, no was the answer; great i thought; next year I can take them down with no fuss. Then this weekend Carlos and his friend Carlos arrived with a chainsaw and a glint in their eyes and well give boys a toy and they will play....a few hours later I was struggling to stop them no we don't want the old pear tree chopped thanks..eventually hunger got the better of them and they called a halt after chopping about 20 trees and slicing them into burnable lengths - phew. Admitedly they did a much better job than I would have done, there was no need to close the road as Carlos managed to land the trees perfectly inthe 1.5 meter wide strip between our fence and the road with no damage to the fence. Carlos is the one on the left and Carlos is the one on the right.
Two of them needed a guiding hand on the way down so Carlos helped Carlos and all was well.
They refused to take any money for their time and hard work but I did persuade them to take a few of the logs eventually. Muchas gracias Carlos y Carlos.