and reassembled in this field in kent. it had been taken down by the health and safety whoevers and just dumped in a pile in the forest. i mean, covered with a sheet of material, but obviously it would rot away, and someone s got to do something with it. and, unfortunately, it fell to me. but it is such an iconic item. you know, it s so many people s childhood pictures of pooh and christopher robin peering over the rails. it s great stuff. mike repaired it and replaced some of the bridge with old oak from the weald of kent. there s one of the original planks that we got and this is one of the replacements, which we milled here on site. and that s from a tree that s been growing here a couple of hundred years. so it certainly predates the original bridge and it certainly predates christopher robin. later today, the bridge will be sold at auction. it s expected to fetch at least £a0,000.
the real life christopher robin. the bridge had become so worn out that in the late 19905 it was dismantled. for years, the wood was left in a pile before being rescued and reassembled in this field in kent. it had been taken down by the health and safety whoevers and just dumped in a pile in the forest. i mean, covered with a sheet of material but obviously it would rot away and someone s got to do something with it. unfortunately, it fell to me. but it is such an iconic item. you know, it s so many people s childhood pictures of pooh and christopher robin peering over the rails. it s great stuff. mike repaired it and replaced some of the bridge with old oak from the weald of kent. there s one of the original planks that we got and this is one of the replacements, which we milled here on site. and that s from a tree