The diary of an obsessive compulsive arborist

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

This weeks special addition of Hama's diary comes live via free wi-fi in my hotel in the lake district, I am having me tea in a mo's so a few just to keep you going till tomorrows ATF field trip!

 

A few from Leven hall to begin with then various grabs from a mini bimble round Windemere:thumbup1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[RobArb]

Get to Grizedale if you can, awesome place:thumbup:

 

Sent from my Galaxy S2

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Get to Grizedale if you can, awesome place:thumbup:

 

Sent from my Galaxy S2

shall look it up, I might stay up here after friday, do the weekend on me tod kip in the car and rough it, its flippin awesome up here, in fact i might become a bushman and never go home!

[RobArb]

Grizedale is just east of Lake Coniston and just west of windermere (right in the middle) its a huge place with many interesting trees and sculptures and artwork and miles and miles of aloneness:thumbup:

 

I love the lakes, we went to grizedale last bank holiday just gone, wish i coulda stayed longer:biggrin:

[Tom Cook]

Have you seen any of these yet this year??

 

 

 

Found them on the poplar we did the picus on at capel

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Have you seen any of these yet this year??

 

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Found them on the poplar we did the picus on at capel

 

 

pholiota squarosus:thumbup1: not yet:thumbup:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Its a long drive to the lakes, and this climb up loose scree was also a mission but I have to say, it was very very worth it, even for this chicken shot!

 

[sloth]

Its a long drive to the lakes, and this climb up loose scree was also a mission but I have to say, it was very very worth it, even for this chicken shot!

 

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What a fantastic photo, tree and view! Well worth a scramble...

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

What a fantastic photo, tree and view! Well worth a scramble...

 

have you notice the old hazard beam crack!

 

it was awesome up there wanted to stay but ran out of cash:thumbdown:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

This lovely old Oak Q. petrea was only held to the rock face by anchor roots, the entire tree completely overhanging a 20ft plus drop!

A nice group of pollard sessile Oak Q. petrea in an enclosure of dry stone walling- to keep stock OUT not in! lot of early industry in the area, smelting, lime kilns and the production of gunpower. The Juniper of the area was the preferred charcoal for military products as it had a faster ignition rate.

The ATF (Ancient Tree Forum) group checking out an old Oak with Ganodderma sp, not the buckling and body languages.

A rather nice example (very large too) of the European beech F. sylvatica

A nice Dor beetle

The bug man checks out some beasties

And the rare Bagot breed of goat thats causing a fair amount of damage, far more than sheep or cattle IME, but as the breed is named after the owners family he adores them! I can see his point, they are very handsome goats!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Edited June 15, 2012 by Tony Croft aka hamadryad