PuttPutt wrote:

Could someone reccomend a decent anvil lopper?

I've got a Wolf interchangeable head anvil lopper and a long pole to
wield it with ... at arms length I can reach over 6m from the ground ...
that gives you about a second to run :-)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/wolf-RCVM-and-ZVM4/dp/B008RNPY62