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iv just been having abit of a sort out as im running out of bookshelf space and out of interest thought id get some of the older books value only to find some of them are worth between 300 to 500 pounds a piece nearly fell over backward and to think the missus wanted me to stick them on the car boot sale dont feel so guilty about having the day off now. but just goes to show dont get rid off stuff until your sure you know what your getting rid off

havnt seen one in years loads of buzzards round my way though nice to see their number growing for a long time there didnt seem to any in this area or perhaps i was just looking in the wrong places

plant hawthorn and blackthorn next to the paths and let them get a bit overgrown I once saw someone have to carry his dog cause it wouldnt walk through it never saw him again funny that:confused1:

lovely pics where was you working, is that a harris hawk in the last pics

I think with any woodland project that you are really passionate about is to to try and keep the general public out. I know if you are proud of what you are doing its it nice to allow others to enjoy it to, but unfortunatly there are always those who will abuse it. iv had kids wrecking lovely hazels stools to make dens and fires, cord wood dissapearing, badger baiting:sneaky2:,people off roading, many people wont clean up after dogs if no ones looking, and people seem to suddenly lose their ability to read signs when in woodland, have had people start walking up to me through the drop zone when im felling but on the up side theirs no place id rather be even when im not working im there as much as can i feel more at peace there than being at home with my feet up on the sofa:001_smile:

thanks and like i said i know it was a stupid thing to and that i know better but this what happens when you look at a job and think its a piece cake, you let your guard down

Not much of a photographer but heres what it looks like today minus the piece of wood Know it dont look much but hurt like hell

thanks mate has certainly waken me up abit

hope you mend quickly mate I was very lucky if i had landed anywhere else it would of been on ancient hazel stools that are breaking out I have no doubt they would of run me through on the way down

I know there is no defense for my actions after all the stay safe posts on here looking back pure stupidity and feel very lucky to still be here Ill paint the picture for you i was working in lovely woodland, sun shining, birds singing easy work what could possibly go wrong well ill tell you all i had to do was move from a standing pole about 15ft high in to the next tree about 4ft away nice bit to land on where a large limb had been removed in the past and plenty to grab hold of so I didnt worry about staying tied in, yes i know very stupid. anyway as i hop across the tail of my lanyard snags on something and pulls me backwards and that it I was going down ended up in crumpled heap on a pile of cord wood with a busted helmet a very badly sprained wrist and a pencil size piece of wood sticking out of my side I am embaressed to post this cause i do know better but if it makes someone else think twice before doing something equally stupid then it worth the it THE MORAL OF THIS STORY IS BEING COMPLACENT KILLS

cheers mate does make me feel a little easier about it

i think he would of seen my darker side if we had been standing any closer to the chipper

Yeah think i will at least it stop all the what ifs bouncing around my head

nightmare! most of my work is in nice little village or at least reasonably decent areas so its not something iv had to deal with before i certainly wont be working there again.

feel for you mate cant think of many things worse than that. hope you dont mind me asking but did you know it happened because you saw it or because you felt it. Im just a little worried that it could of happened without me noticing i mean when your working you dont really pay much attention to little pains like splinters and grazes or am i just being abit paranoid

As we seem to be having a few stay safe threads recently just thought id have little rant about a job i did the other day. I was working at a property that backed on to a large park in ipswich, and was working at the rear of the garden near the park. The ground had a deep covering of fallen leaves,and i was kneeling down to refuel when i noticed a hyperdermic needle sticking up right beside my knee i felt sick and we cleared the leaves we realized they were everywhere. although i hope the junkies that chucked them there burn in hell im even more narked off with the property owner cause when i told about the needles he turned round and said he knew they there Was not impressed anyway thats the end off my rant but hopefully by posting this it may remind others to expect the unexpected and stay safe

thanks steve will do

thanks mate will give them call:001_smile:

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if you have taken in the info, then just take your time and think about what your doing. someone who was being assessed the same time as me failed for walking under a hung up tree everything else he had done had been pretty bang on good luck mate

cheers that price was mow with us.com, that was a nice ebay find im alway nervous about ebay when it comes to buying equipment always worry ill end up with a dud one or a fake

Im looking to buy one best price i can find is £358 inc vat so far, still got a few other places to try but just wondered if anyone could say if this figure is about right or is there better deals out there. thanks

I wonder what the accident rate was back then ?

Remember people you should always check your nuts:001_smile:

He looks a pretty chilled out chap Iv sussed who is king of the sofa:001_smile: