Tree Surgeons Receive So Much Cake They Have to Hire a Second Van
Grateful residents bake through the storm; crew 'cannot look at a Victoria sponge'.
A van, cake-laden. Photo: jjron, “Arborists-3,-Kallista,-VIC,-09.07.2008”, via Wikimedia Commons, GFDL 1.2
PERTHSHIRE — A fictional tree-clearing crew working to reopen roads after Storm Boelo has been given so much home baking they’ve hired a second van purely for cake.
“Every house we passed came out with something,” said fictional crew leader Steve. “Tablet, scones, a whole clootie dumpling. One woman gave us a lasagne. In a tin. Still hot.”
The crew says it will continue working through Chloe, “fuelled by gratitude and roughly 40% shortbread”.
The real story: Tree-cutting teams clear the way for engineers (SSEN, 25 Oct 2026)
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