You just beat me to this-some where clearly bamboo-I've got a photo somewhere.Ah local knowledge it’s possible, but then she has lied about where she and Ron got them. She said “the garden.” Reminds me of the pissy sticks they collected for Sopha’s arts and crafts time. You know, the ones that were perfectly straight and of uniform length.
I have never sighted a panda in Maldon to this day