At work today

[sandspider]

50 minutes ago, Doug Tait said:

No sardines for you Mick I'm afraid!

 

The winner is...

 

@sandspider with a guess of 1350kg, just 20kg off perfection!

 

The weight was 1320kg according to the weighbridge

 

 

As I've kept you waiting so long for the results I'm afraid the sardines have gone off.

The new prize is what the office posted on the work WhatsApp group after the Copper Beech owner called them to say what an excellent job the tree fairies did for them, leaving no damage or mess.

 

Congratulations sandspider, you are now officially an honorary tree fairy!

 

 

 

Hooray! This is pretty exciting!

 

Will pm you my address for the gone off sardines 😎

[Mark Bolam]

Beech is heavy tackle alright.

 

Good job there Doug.

 

How’s the rest of the tree looking long term?

That’s a big wound.

[Doug Tait]

It's got a lot of worrying bits on it, the climber in it noticed a lot of included unions and a few bits welding together (that the right term?). It's an unusual one, hasn't gone very tall but very wide, and a lot of it is growing outward, then turns back into the canopy causing crossing branches everywhere. The property benefits from quite a lot of older trees and the owner is keen on them, this has given them a fright and they've asked to have a survey done now so at least they're keen to look after them.

[Doug Tait]

Thinking about the guessing weight by physically lifting stuff, it occurs to me I've got three categories.

 

1. That was easy, lift them all day.

2 That was ok but don't fancy lifting them all day.

3. F me, that's a Mark 'hernia' Bolam, I'll get a saw.

[Dan Maynard]

Crap I was half the weight. Worrying as I guessed this to be less than 2ton, didn't go anywhere near a weighbridge and it still tipped so can't have been too bad.

[Donnie]

Not sure if I’ve posted this on this forum but seems like a good topic to post it on…

 

lol

[Stool master]

978Kg. Mackerel's fine for me, but with sweet chilli sauce if possible.

Probably over estimated there, I'm always disappointed with the amount of wood I actually have, if you know what I mean.

[Stool master]

Crap, submitted my answer too late 😖 Should have read all replies first 

[sandspider]

Too late! The gone off sardines are mine!

[sime42]

10 minutes ago, Stool master said:

978Kg. Mackerel's fine for me, but with sweet chilli sauce if possible.

Probably over estimated there, I'm always disappointed with the amount of wood I actually have, if you know what I mean.

 

I love mackerel, any which way it's served. Not sure I could eat 978kg of it though.