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Just before Christmas two of our elves disappeared.\u00a0 There is a poetic explanation for this.\u00a0 And there is the sad reality.\u00a0 They were stolen.\u00a0 I say \u201cstolen\u201d, but one was actually ripped from his boots – without which he can\u2019t have been much good for anything – so \u201cvandalised\u201d is more apt.\u00a0 What the thief\/vandal gained from this crime is hard to fathom.\u00a0 But it has meant that Snow White has only had an escort of five Kobolds for the first half of this year \u2013 and that is confusing if you are a visiting child learning to count.<\/p>\n

Presumably the perpetrator of this senseless act did not realise that most of the carvings in Knebworth House Gardens are done in situ, on pre-existing trees that have either died or become a health and safety concern.\u00a0 They are not removable because there are decades, sometimes centuries, of roots anchoring them to the ground.\u00a0 As many of you will know, these wonderful creations are the work of brilliantly talented local chainsaw carvers, Dennis Heath and Dave Flemons.<\/p>\n

My good news for you is that Dennis and Dave will be back in the Gardens this July and August to rebuild Snow White\u2019s entourage \u2013 and to exhibit over 100 of their most recent sculptures, also made from local wood, that you can legitimately take home for a very reasonable price.\u00a0 So if you see Santa out and about this summer, recruiting elves, let him know that if he brings cash he can pick up some with their boots on!<\/p>\n

Henry Lytton Cobbold
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