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David oakman

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  1. Hi big bolt you are not far from me. It is like silver birch then that goes soft quick:001_smile:
  2. Nice I:thumbup:an. I was thinking of making trellis this winter from hazel and willow rods
  3. Yeah just kidding:thumbup1:
  4. Snow in london today then sean:lol:
  5. Look at the heel root which stops the tree falling into the gull:thumbup:
  6. Here you go you two tree geeks:lol: The first two pictures i am in the root system.
  7. The waterfall is still there, pic two the tree as you can see the bridge is new. Picture 3 is the Fistulina and oh dear a new fruiting body honey fungus.
  8. On the last picture did he hit iron the two black spots look like the old park guard, We fell oaks here with them in the trees will grow right round them:001_rolleyes:
  9. Cool pictures. Pic 1 tell grandad he should have bent over a bit lower LOL Just kidding:thumbup:
  10. I have not been to Euston But the in-laws have so just going on what they have said. Oh no a keeper i don't get on with keepers they think they own the woods:lol:
  11. A friend of mine bought an old chainsaw from a carboot . He took it home did not work of course he then cleaned the fuel tank and refilled and it started runs like a dream:lol: You should have bought it.
  12. I will get a picture of both for you tomoz, You will have to have a sleepless night waiting
  13. Alas no. It has been dead since i have worked hear but the top came crashing down last year but the bottom half still stands with its Fistulina:thumbup: But to the left of the picture is an ash tree which is still alive and standing but has a bad case of Inonotus hispidus. Lots of rot holes one has a male barn owl in it some times. Good news is the curved trunk still stands. You have been doing some homework on where i work Sean:lol:
  14. Hi i see you own your own company now but did and do you do a lot of estate forestry work? I see your friends with kevin. You live in a nice part of the country now the highest i have been is the lowlands of scotland, i must get to the top one day. I did see a golden eagle flying across a lake in a forest i think it was Gallaway or somthing.

  15. What a small world.I dont know the Euston estate but i think it is a bit run down. Well i think all estates are as they cost so much to run and keep going.
  16. What???? i was just implying you was calling me an old man:biggrin:
  17. Sean:mad:
  18. Nice sawmill you should be able to make some money with that:thumbup:
  19. That is very nice tom D. Gray git i made one similar very nice:thumbup:
  20. Yes a 1962/63 stihl:thumbup:
  21. Soz forgot to say the vase is sweet chestnut burr i bought it for mrs oakman for our 20th wedding aniversary well i buy everything in wood:lol:
  22. I turned this pull knob this afternoon it was so good mrs oakman wanted it in the bathroom:thumbup: Then i turned this vase as i had got the hang of it
  23. I work at Helmingham Hall near Ipswich 6000 acre estate. My in-laws live at Troston near Honington. Troston estate farms have a shoot with a full time gamekeeper.
  24. That is very nice rob:thumbup:
  25. Yes this is a big shooting estate that will be where he got that from he gets all the country and shooting mags:001_smile:

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