Will Hinchliffe

I work with two ex Sparsholt students and they are both really hard workers. good at what they do and have great background knowledge.

Its the Stock Gaylard Oak fair this Saturday. Any one else going? Stock Gaylard Estate - 1800 acres of deer park and oak woodland

Winchester Garden Machinery or Orchard Hill in Andover.

The alpine magnum is a great tool. Its quite physical to use but reasonably quick.

I use Secateurs on most reductions especially on conifers. We use ARS V8 secateurs at work, they are much better than Felcos. The shape of the blade is more curved and they stay really sharp. Also because they are stainless steel you dont have to dry them or oil them. No one imports them into this country at the moment, but I think they would sell really well. Lovely tree Marc

I will be there.

I have been using the cinch since the Arb show. I use it on the left side and am using 10mm Liros in it. Im not that impressed with the liros as a lanyard. I have just 1 D ring on my bridge and it does get a bit jumbled with the hitch climber. It is less jumbled if you you use a large caribener with it. When using it in the single line configuration I tie an alpine butterfly in the line, pass the lanyard over the branch and clip into that. I find this much easier than using a little prussik on it. Im not totally sold on it and might go back to my lanyard with a Vt.

Nice photos arbgary:001_cool:

My 2nd and 3rd entry A reduction and Kieran climbing.

They must be sisters

Beech tree take down

Beech tree take down

The Great Big Tree Climbing Company, recreational tree climbing in Wiltshire

Try sending a PM to NickJc he set up a recreational tree climbing business.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzn3KaO2Vyk]YouTube - Ripping Yarns S1E02 - The Testing of Eric Olthwaite - Part 01[/ame] Alright Johno hows it going. All this talk of rakes made me think of shovels.

Took out two last week, no signs of honey fungus.

That crane looks fantastic. Cracking job Rich.

some nice parbuckling there softbanks, very smooth.

Fingers crossed for everyone who sat the Technicians certificate theory papers today. I took it today. Im looking forward to getting back to my life now and really hope I passed.

How many turnips can a quality climber who provides his own kit expect in a day ?

Right I didn't have to create an account to vote now I have voted!

I have successfully created an account and will be able to vote soon. Come on people lets help kick-start Johns career in male modeling!!!!!!!!!! I really want you to win John. Good luck:001_cool::001_cool: Brilliant!

How very dare you. :001_tongue:That is an simplified interpretation of someone elses work that I have clearly referenced and added my own thoughts to at the end:closedeyes:

Nice post Gibbon. Modifying the soil environment would improve site conditions for other species, but if you think about succsesion on a lake with a very wet edge the willows might be colonising more and more of the marshy land as they dry it out and other species colonising the land that has been dried out by the willows. Tbq number 2 Endomychorrhizal associations are formed by fungi belonging to the order Glomerales, ectomychorrizal fungi belong are either Ascomycytes or Basidiomycetes. The Glomerales are an ancient group of fungi and form associations with almost every plant and are not host specific. Some do form macroscopic fruiting bodies but this is very rare. The fungi are incapable of living without a host (obligatly symbiotic). They do produce spores and these can be found in almost all soils. There is a suggestion that they lack some of the genetic material for growth and reproduction and that this is suplied by the host plant. Fungi, Brian Spooner and Peter Robertsm (excellent book) - refers to them as Vesicular-Arbuscular Mycorrhiza (VAM) I dont think they produce fruiting bodies because they have no need for airborne spores because they are everywhere already. It is thought that Endomychorrhal fungi played an important role in the colonisation of land by plants, they are that old!! (400 million years).