A woman has relinquished the gorgeous view from her house after she was locked in a 20-year battle with her neighbour due to a 50 foot leylandii hedge.
Val Horton's Bathampton bungalow used to overlook Solsbury Hill in Somerset, a location famously featured in a classic pop song by Peter Gabriel.
However, the council has said it cannot order her neighbour to chop them down as they don't block out enough sunlight, so she has reluctantly admitted defeat.