Swimming hole loses swings as tree ripped from bankSUPPLIED Generations of Waihopai children have played on rope swings on the willow tree. A tree carrying two rope swings at a beloved swimming hole has been uprooted, angering neighbours who say the swings were "part of summer" for their children. The willow tree and its rope swings were pulled from the bank of the Waihopai River, about 60 kilometres southwest of Blenheim, last Wednesday. But a council spokeswoman said the council did not know anything about the willow tree being removed. STUFF The willow tree was pulled from a swimming hole upstream of the popular Craiglochart area, at the Waihopai River, up the Waihopai Valley, Marlborough.

Source: Stuff December 26, 2017 03:00 UTC