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This lot are great. Like a much easier 65daysofstatic and a much better Sigur Rós.
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Galloways have been used on all of Surrey Wildlife trusts sites for about 20 years and there are about half a dozen on the site in question. They don't seem to have much effect on bracken. The are using the gps neck collars on their Chobham common reserve which is much bigger.
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Well storm Amy settled entirely by 9am this morning and it was a t-shirt day thereafter, gorgeous. Saw some proper Mackerel clouds this morning in the yard. And not a bad sunset on the Moor either.
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I meant in a Dempsey strap kind of way.
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Have a Snickers, Dave. You're not you when you're hungry. I'm simply advising learning the industry best practice first to get the fundamentals right. You're not naive enough to believe I've gone my whole career by the book. I'm a freelance climber first and foremost. The problem with dogmatic people like the OP is that they'll simply pick the advice that suits their opinion. Everyone does to some extent.
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Noticed a lot around lately too. A good excuse to tell anyone that'll listen what I recently heard about the summer of '76.
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Same here in upland Brecon Beacons, hardly seen a ladybird all year, today hundreds. What's going on?
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I've got some rings knotted on double braid. Is it as strong or as neat as a splice? No but I can tie knots and see they're still there. And the price was right. I can't splice double braid. Or rather I never have. Also have some spliced onto three strand, which I can splice and was happy to because you can see the strands holding. By yourself or not, rigging from the tree is mega useful. Sometimes the groundsman is useless, sometimes he's gone to chip up or shoot up. Sometimes you'll want to drift a piece onto the main system, or catch a butt. Or even sometimes you can run another down on a crotch before they've untied the last one on the main system. Or or or. The friction up top thing is less about protecting a weak rigging point (you can do that better by triangulating with predirects™ and redirects) and more about spreading it about being just nice. Reg Coates has a video on youtube explaining why he likes rings. The fact you can drop the rope and it won't zip up to the top of the tree is a good start. I use the 16mm Marlow in your link. There's nothing illegal about running it through pulleys and rings too. It might trouble Joe and his catalogue model mates though.
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What is occurring with the ladybird population? Today, in N,W. England, it was a glorious sunny day. The rear of my house was bathed in sunshine. My wall and windows were covered with hundreds of baby ladybirds. They normally breed much earlier. Is this another example of the seasons changing? Hard to understand after the storms and cold weather that we've had lately.
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Bold statement, but I'd be lying if I didn't feel like we're living a prequel to Equilirium...
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What kind of larva is that?
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Straight up the transfer port in to the combustion chamber👎
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Just open up the coil to flywheel gap, the ignition timing will be retarded ( if you can call it that nowadays) and the saw will be easier to start. Don't go too far as the spark will stop.
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Isn't it just. I'd say it's aged better the the Matrix.
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Joe Newton started following Knee Ascender Advice
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Criminally underrated film.
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madsocks joined the community
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In the interest of accuracy and that .......🙂
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I'm not planning to splice them for rigging, if that was your meaning. Working by myself is not the plan but learning is always good. I can see a lot of advantage to having the friction in the tree, it will reduce the 2:1 advantage that would otherwise double the force on the anchor. 3 strand is not listed in many arb shops, I can only see it here. What do you use? Marlow 3 Strand Lowering Rope 16mm - Radmore & Tucker WWW.RADMORETUCKER.CO.UK Lightweight, cost effective 3 strand lowering lines manufactured from staple spun polypropylene. The hairy feel of the rope improves grip and abrasion...
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Some people are never satisfied......
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Limousin are Chocolate brown though ....🙂