Henk

Amazing price, don't know how you do it to be honest. I'm sure you will have many punters lining up for an informative course. Might be worth producing a sheet on legal stuff (TPO, SSSI, Countryside and Wildlife act, PUWER etc, dynamic risk assessment etc) boring.... cover your back H

Very nice pieces. Just finished making this out of Yew and some old crates made from Blue Mahoe all the way from Jamaica. H

tried it with a 6lb Ellwel felling axe I restored on an old rotten turkey oak, weirdly satisfying if incredibly daft thing to do....shades of Kirk Douglas in The Vikings....must keep taking the tablets

Gransfors is worth every penny

A shire horse

They are ok if you have slim hands, but the protection on the left glove is a bit bulky and the palm material slimes up pretty quick if you have to shift a lot of wet brash. I really liked my pair of Rockwell gloves before the bloody mice in my workshop decided to make a nest from the ballistic material ....

If you had bothered to reference my publications, or replied more positively to my offer of help I would have given you the help you needed. You see I have actually published over 30 papers in first rate scientific journals and I did not pay 50p for my Ph.D.

We charge £630 (+vat) for CS30/31, £500 (+vat) for CS32 including NPTC test and £300 for refresher courses. H

I'd say borrow one to do your ticket, have a go with Stihl (260, tho' I prefer the old 240) or Husky (346 is nice, 357 XPG - heated grips...nice) or whatever is going before shelling out for a saw you may hate once you've progressed.

Give the British Museum of Natural History a ring or better still Birkbeck college - they might let you register for a Masters or Ph.D. without breaking the bank. What you really need is a decent supervisor. Difficult to advise on this (it is 30 years since I did my Ph.D.). You can pick up decent 'scopes easily (look for Russian optics/ex school) - try eBay. Watkins and Doncaster are good for slides/coverslips etc. The other alternative to registering for a degree is to publish your findings and submit a bunch of inter-related papers as a thesis. They can't argue with that (its what I did) and is indeed the proof of the pudding.

Yes, but I don't recommend it - a day's or two's brush up would help you (particularly with take down/use of winch). You can contact me on [email protected] - I am running a CS30/31 in early december with assessment the following week at Ringing Low (South Sheffield) on softwood, you could re-assess with our other candidates. I'm sure we could help you. Cheers H

steady as she goes mate, I had my worst near miss days after passing mine some years ago - rotten sycamore decided to sit back then fall back into my 'safe' zone, good job I can run like stink

Try this lot: NewSawChains.Co.Uk very quick service and bar/chain matching software. 18" is way too long for your poor MS 180 mate - go for 13" - better power delivery to cutters. CS30 will make you more confident and able to avoid rip-off dealers...and patronizing chainsaw operators x H