My private weekend playground

rowan lee · May 2, 2013

The old fella lives in a gate lodge on a beautiful (semi abandoned) estate, back home in the west of Ireland. Its totally secluded, overgrown and idyllic, and wraps itself around 3 miles of lake shores. Anyhows for some time now, Ive been clearing and felling dead trees, and invasive species from the 50 odd acres of mixed woodlands, most of which is self seeded. I get to practice my felling, play with some machinery, and basically get away from the outside world. I sell most of the timber for firewood (to friends and work colleagues) which pays for this weekend hobby, including new bits of kit, diesel, etc and beer for round the fires at night time in the summer months. Heres some pictures from various seasons, down the woods:

normandylumberjack · May 2, 2013

Thank you for posting these pictures, it looks like a lovely place to be! I think we all would like a weekend playground like yours! :thumbup:

Ian88 · May 2, 2013

Nice, lots of toys.

Grass hopper · May 2, 2013

Hay Rowen lee , you are a very lucky man to have a play ground like that , keep up the good work.

Lyncombe-climber · May 2, 2013

Nice one mate

Dnolan9 · May 2, 2013

Looks top notch and a lot of fun:) one of the many advantages of living out in the country compared to crappy built up Dublin

rowan lee · April 10, 2014

More shenanigans from this Autumn and Winter down the woods at the weekends. Cut my teeth into some trickier then usual tree's. This hung up spruce got the 460 and ursus where it hurts, this rotten elm got the little 250, and this hollow Sycamore got the 261. Charlie the estate manager very happy with his souvenir, and glad to see her down as it had taunted him every time he passed on the way up to his cottage. Firewood sales helped buy this toy for 2014, and a few shots of me thrashing out new access trails in the jungle for next years thinnings. Lastly a hung up oak which was uprooted during the recent storms and resting in a small Rowan. Next on the hit list.