Deadly wildfires in California have burned more than four million acres and while many scientists say climate change is to blame, others are also pointing to beetles. These insects have eaten their way through millions of acres of trees across the western North America, creating heaps of dry timber just waiting to be ignited. The Creek Fire … Read more
Timber! Moment a logging truck tips over and spills its load as driver tries to make a tight turn Timber truck filmed tipping over and spilling its logs in Louisville, Mississippi While trying to attempt a tight turn, the red lorry overbalances and falls over Its entire load of timber spills out of the trailer, … Read more
Mysterious ‘timber circles’ 65 feet in diameter uncovered in Portugal were used as a ceremonial complex some 4,500 years ago Timber circles are massive monuments built during the Bronze Age They have been found in the British Isles and the US, and now Portugal The structure is 65 feet in diameter and was used in … Read more
Henry VIII hated camping so much he slept in easily-erected ‘houses of timber’ while on campaign, a historian has revealed. Alden Gregory, curator of historic buildings at Historic Royal Palaces which manages Hampton Court among others, said that while Henry was associated with the sumptuous tents at the Field of the Cloth of Gold, there … Read more