Scottish Arbor Day 2008 (The Yorkshire Team)

[Leyburn Lad]

Just come back from our yearly trip to the Scottish AA get together, attached are the pictures of a days climbing on an 114ft Sitka spruce that we dead wooded and crown cleaned, you can also see bill Kew Winder's lads taking out a dead elm further down the grounds of Kicruvak castle.

 

 

 

 

[Busy Daddy]

nice twig

who are the lads in the bottom pic

I recognize the one on the right , looks like a potholer to me

[Leyburn Lad]

Chap on the right is Mike Pollard (polly)

[Leyburn Lad]

some more from scotland, the middle pictures is of a layered beech one of only 5 in the country.

 

 

 

 

[Gray git]

Thats one nice big tree. Sticky ropes by the end of the day i bet!!!

Polly up a tree for free!?!?

[Leyburn Lad]

Thats one nice big tree. Sticky ropes by the end of the day i bet!!!

Polly up a tree for free!?!?

 

The ropes were'nt to bad to say it was sitka, i don't know wether thats because of it's size or age and yes Mr Pollard for free but he did get disco leg on the last 10foot LOL:scared:

[Paul Smith]

Looks like you had a good time Kit!?

[Leyburn Lad]

Looks like you had a good time Kit!?

 

Do you mean kit Brown, he was'nt with us, shame really would of been right up his street:icon14:

[Paul Smith]

Sure he told me he was of to Scotland, Polly must have missed him!

[Leyburn Lad]

Sure he told me he was of to Scotland, Polly must have missed him!

 

No he deffinatly was'nt with us :wave: