One year ago a sinkhole opened in Bristol and swallowed a tree on Christmas Day.
A Bristol resident spoke of the "strange" phenomenon which saw the earth open up and engulf the tree on the residential street Canynge Square in Clifton.
The tree was based in the garden green in the centre of the square above what became a collapsed vault.
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Bristol City Council was forced to close the road and were assisted by Avon and Somerset Police and Avon Fire and Rescue Service.
Police were called and cordoned off the scene with tape.
Dominic Hogg, 55, who has lived on the street for 10 years, said: “Residents on the Square heard it. It was quite a big noise.”
“It was quite strange. The tree is just gone. Straight down. Vertically down,” said Mr Hogg. “I suppose fortunately as far we can see, nothing was damaged and no people were hurt. It’s just sad that the tree, a lovely tree, is obviously gone.
“I guess the people looking at it now will be looking at how it has happened. It’s a pretty mature tree and it was resting on top of a couple of sort of arched vaults and it looks as though they have just given way.”
The 55-year-old, who works as an environmental consultant and is part of the neighbourhood garden committee, lives about 30 metres away from the sinkhole.
Mr Hogg said: “It is an amazing sight, it is a crater! It’s a pretty large hole in the ground that just opened up there.”
“It’s quite fortunate that this tree did just literally drop vertically so that all you see above ground is the crown of the tree. The sheer weight and the fact is has been so wet recently, the roots will be going into that hole,” he added.
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