In Desperate times...My Silky saves the day!

[silky fox]

Okay...Day 3. Now, when i started this thread i was at Rock bottom, with i think a single pound in my pocket.I didn,t know what else to do except Seek out work on my bicycle using all i had which was my enthusiasm and determination..i made enough money to fill my fridge and i shared my day on Arbtalk. Work close to home would have been ideal but distance would never have stopped me(Which it didn,t) I made a promise to my first three offers to turn up on time at a specified location with Climbing kit/PPE.. The first offer i was made came from Kent and was with today,s Boss..Mr Mick Stockbridge...this was a days work i was looking forward to the most as he offered me work on the strength of my post alone and for that reason i knew we had a lot in common:001_smile: For the second day i woke at 4.30 a.m Necked a coffee and grabbed my bicycle and headed for the train station...First stop,Lewisham wher Rich Rule would be waiting for me ...Immediatly we hit it off..we are from the roughly the same area of the North East and the Journey to The Medway was flew past and we talked all the way there...it felt like i was back at home with one of my mates:biggrin: Mick was waiting for us when we arrived..Introduced me to his missus who brought out coffee and i met his little terrier..A very warm welcome from the man who gave me my first break in my desperate time and i will always be grateful and always have time for him:thumbup:...Todays job...Rich would "Pancake" these three ivy clad self seeded trees at the top of the hill...i would get them to the bottom to Mick who would process them..I was working with hard working experienced blokes like myself so we didn,t need to discuss it...Just crack on and do it!...Me and mick worked out the best way would be for me to gather the cut stems, lash em together and he,d use the truck winch to drag them down to the chipper...I added a dumpy bag round the butt ends allowing them to skid...Finnished by three:001_rolleyes: The guy next door to the job was so chuffed with what we,d done he made us coffee and let us do a lunge on his rather nice outdoor staicase:lol: While he flew his Quad copter around:lol: How random was that..Thanks Mick and Rich:thumbup::thumbup: A great day and two more Friends for life!...see you a week on friday for Part 2...Bring Bolam with ya:lol: In the meantime...i am always available for full or part time work!!! and will continue this thread as it seems to be of inspiration to people already...and that makes me very HAPPY:biggrin::biggrin:

[silky fox]

Thanks for Believing in me Mr Stockbridge!

[Stephen Blair]

Excellent stuff:)

[Ian Flatters]

Paul good to see your hard work is paying off.

[KingoftheRing]

This is a great thread and as others have posted, is a real inspirational thread. For someone like myself who is returning to the UK, this really makes me smile and helps motivates me to track down work. Great stuff

[felixthelogchopper]

Told you that you would have a good one with Mick.

[geoff]

Great to see its working out for you Silky,I hope you continue to get work,you have the right mindset.

[Rich Rule]

Nice one Paul. It was good to work with you yesterday. Not the easiest of drags to the chipper, but it all came together in the end.

[Mick Stockbridge]

Great pics Paul, I like the one of you n me and me n my Yorkshire Pitbull.

 

If anyone out there is looking for a top notch grafter that can think about getting the job done in the easiest way possible than I can highly recommend Silky......

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Nice one