Chris Sheppard

Hi David,

Thanks for the welcome!

I'd spent 4 years or so doing my own things - felling for other people, looking after my own firewood on a couople of esates and a few jobs completely of my own but couldn't get decne tguys to help out - got fed up of the travelling and costs of everything kept getting bigger so decided to go employed on a local Estate - hated every minute of it - the head woodman had only got there because the others kept retiring and he thought he knew everything. We kept falling out and I'd had enough - I'd dealt with Riko previously when I was contracting and got chatting to them at one of the shows this summer and he said I've got a job that would just suit you - and here I am.

I do miss the woods in many ways but I think I needed a change, even if it's only for a while.