Graham

I was exactly the same....12.5 stone for 25 years and have expanded to 13.5 now. I've got 10 years on you and know exactly how you feel. Time to sort my bike out:001_smile:

I don't buy fish and chips...my little protest:001_smile: I do know that after they've worked the area I fish you can't catch a ray or very little else. I don't have a problem with commercial fishing I just wish they'd leave the inshore areas alone. I've been told it's mostly foreign trawlers doing this:confused1:

Sympathetic predator control alongside habitat management will always help our once common birds. Take a look at a well-keepered grouse moor compared to one run by the RSPB.

Absolute sacrilege. Also the fact that there's nowt left to catch in Cardigan Bay after the beam trawlers have been through and ripped up the sea bed taking everything out. It's about time we used all those millions of old tyres to build reefs...rant over:001_smile:

The last sentence says it all. To add to that my old man never tired of telling me; 'a man who never makes a mistake never does anything'.

Any mods which allow an engine to breathe and realise its full potential can only be a good thing. My enduro bike is so much better for it and so are saws. If a saw's cutting faster it's safer when you need to keep the cut going as the tree starts to fall. And less effort too. Just my opinion!

I think it's too late as timber went to firewood merchant. Glad you said perenniporia as i thought it may be that but didn't want to look too way off if I was wrong:001_smile: Thanks

Positive id would be good. On robinia.

Nothing wrong with that job. It'll be back like a good un next year and if it doesn't there's a quick felling job for someone:001_smile:

I'd go along with the previous post. Is there a local mill that would do a deal on milling it for you?

Shot during the rut and the meat is packed full of hormones and tastes $!**. Media are making hay over this one.

Now this is proper bridge bashing. Lorry driver survives spectacular crash on motorway in China when he hits a bridge - Telegraph

Thanks for reply. 1. I think the sentiment overules this and it's clear she doesn't want to do this. 2. I asked this but the neighbour won't entertain it so I'm told. 3. If I did this everytime the wind blew I'd be expecting a phone call from a solicitor! 4. Very sensible option. I think firstly I may try and talk to the neighbour to see if anything can be resolved.

Don't think I worded it too well. I have no intention of removing the root but apart from felling or severe pruning there doesn't seem a way around this. Sorry but the question was more hypothetical than it sounded. Just trying to get a picture of a possible scenario. If that makes sense:confused1:

Her insurance co are willing to pay for the damage caused and for any work on the tree to stop any further damage but it's the neighbour and any liability caused by removing the root I'm concerned about. Not sure where I stand.

I had a call to look at some damage caused by Lombardy roots. The tree is adjacent to a garden boundary and is affecting a concrete fence, summerhouse and hard paved area. The fence is cracked and pushed over to the summerhouse so much so that access is impossible behind it and the paved area is lifting. This area is of great sentimental significance to the owner (her late husband and son built it and inscibed their names into part of it). A buttress and root from the tree is the cause of this which is obviously going to get worse. The tree is mature, healthy and vigourous. Evidently the owner of the tree is unwilling to talk and the only communication is via solicitors. I've been asked for a report to confirm that the tree is causing damage and any action that can be taken. Obviously removal of the trespassing root will stop any further damage but will reduce the stability of the tree to an unknown degree. Has anyone had similar experience or know of any precedents set in the courts? If we were asked to carry out the work, assuming courts/soliciters resolved it, would we be liable for future problems even if the work was carried out with a caveat re. stability, infection etc? Any advice greatly appreciated.

Something was hungry and a deformed Inonotus.

I'll be there. Would have competed but nobody will loan me a bike and I ain't using mine there:001_smile:

I must be old-fashioned. Definite no no around kids and ladies.

Looks like aphid damage to me. They can be very difficult to spot. As mentioned previously look for sooty mould which forms on the honeydew.

No pics but will be back there. Trees were in the open with no competition from other trees. Just a few small shrub spp underneath ie Lonicera nitida and a mix of Berberis and Cotoneaster.

Seems like they've had it tough! Strangely the site is incorporated into original farmland and what appears to be an ancient lane. Old hedgerow trees, oak, ash, field maple, hazel and thorn. Just seems strange that only these planted ash have suffered.

Some of the growths seem to emanate from previous wounds but not all. Images don't reveal that too well. At first glance the callus formations look like depressed brackets. I don't think their size/growth is connected to this but more likely their provenance. I would guess that they would have been supplied by the same grower whose seed source was questionable.

Few pics from a job started today clearing out some 60s landscaping. These are from ash trees which are c45 yo. They seem to have topped out at 12 feet max with a dia of 8". Maybe poor provenance or the ground conditions don't suit. Other spp seem to have matured ok.

Makes me feel sick watching that. I'll stck to piddly little trees:001_smile: