janey
-
Posts
2,087 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
1
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Classifieds
Tip Site Directory
Blogs
Articles
News
Arborist Reviews
Arbtalk Knot Guide
Gallery
Store
Calendar
Freelancers directory
Everything posted by janey
-
Never done one I know it would improve my confidence and road riding no end, but i strongly believe that if i can't afford to fix it, then i won't risk breaking it. When i win the lottery / marry a footballer / get a job (!) i'll be up for it then.
-
Hi All, as a recently unemployed ex LA Tree Officer, I thought it might be worthwhile advertising myself on here. I've got five years climbing and six years TO experience, C&G, ND, RFS Cert and Tech Cert. I am VERY good. Unfortunately, I don't have my own insurance. I live in NW London and can easily get to surrounding areas. I have no commitments and I am very flexible re days and times. PM or email if you want my CV. Anyone?
-
Sounds good. Is that a portion for one or two though? And many Happy Returns to the Birthday Boy .
-
Ta da, Triumph saves your blushes. And i get the chance to show of the bike. It has a work site in the background so it's on topic as well. Phew.
-
At least i could pick it up and throw it at the b'stards. More use than riding it
-
Hmm, I think Douglas Adams has written something about the leaf enomomy. I wish money was a bit more within picking distance as i have a sportsbike habit to support. Have you had to sell your camera to fund you millionares lifestyle - as there's no piccies for this forum ?
-
Veteran Trees - Myth, Reality & Management
janey replied to David Humphries's topic in Training & education
Already spoken to my secret ally on the inside. Nothing doing at the moment. I'll leave it until nearer the time and see if i can dig up some blackmail worthy photos by then. -
Veteran Trees - Myth, Reality & Management
janey replied to David Humphries's topic in Training & education
That sounds like the kind of offer my mum always warned me about I did cross my mind to just try and sneak in, but as they know me (and i'm a thoroughly decent chapette) i don't think i'd get away with it. Ho hum, i should've got in there with my ticket reservation sooner -
That is so frustrating. Makes me wonder if the bods doing the planting had the same feeling or did they not even think about the future?
-
Veteran Trees - Myth, Reality & Management
janey replied to David Humphries's topic in Training & education
I feel truly honoured that you deign to share forum space with us mere plebs who could only make it onto the reserve list Can I bribe anyone into parting with their ticket? -
From the album: Me Stuff
-
From the album: Me Stuff
-
From the album: Me Stuff
-
From the album: Me Stuff
-
From the album: Me Stuff
-
From the album: Me Stuff
-
Shame they didn't spend a tad more on fire retardants first time around:sad:
-
Any one else see Grand Designs last nite? For thoes unfortunate enough not to have seen it, they were doing a rebuild of a fire gutted old thatched cottage. They had to completely redo the roof, which meant new oak beams throughout. Exposed new beams in the walls as well. It was wonderful to see the craftsmanship involved and the end result was beautiful. It was good to see British products and labour used to combine practicality and aesthetics so well.
-
Only time an Ailanthus looks good is when it's turned into a huge pile of chip!!! Copper beeches, on t'other hand, look fantastic when they first come into leaf, especially if they have a green backdrop. Good choice.
-
What form does it take? If it involves cleaning, please feel free to get busy in my garage. No point letting a mental disorder go to waste. (Think I have joined the ranks of the naughty kids for mis posting in this forum )
-
Again??? How many times do you have to be told you look so much better as a red head ?
-
Again, it depends what you want to do with your new found knowledge. The good thing about the Tec Cert is that you can work full while doing this quite easily, and industry experience is invaluable for getting through both parts of the exam. I know the Foundation is a qualification in it's own right, but it is geared towards getting the full BSc. Down side: huge chunk of your life taken over, even doing it part time. Plus side: knowledge and qualification is much more transferable. I don't really think the two qualifications are comparable. If you think that you'll want to carry on studying after doing the Tec Cert, then in my wordly opinion I reckon you should by pass it. If you're not too sure about you're future career path, then do the Tech Cert as it's still a very good ticket to have.
-
Thank ya. It's been far too many years since I've been in any sort of formal education and I don't think that larking around at Capel for a few days a week in the distant past has prepared me very well for real, hardcore learning. Think I'm gonna need all the support I can get
-
After much time and effort spent procrastinating, I've finally applied to Myerscough to do their online foundation degree - arb' . The important word here being "applied", as I haven't been offered or accepted a place for this September... Though it's hard to see how they could possibly refuse me Ayway, testing the waters to see if anyone else in the London area is doing the same course and wants to arrange some sort of joint study? I know having someone else there to occasionally nag / persuade / guilttrip me does wonders for keeping me focussed when my enthuism starts to wain. And I'm not too bad at reciprocating.
-
Hmm, how about two fairly unusual contenders for the attractive bark catagory: Stuartia pseudocamelia and Pinus bungeana? Davidia involucrata is a fave for summer flowers, though it's more late summer. Little shrubby thing with good early spring flowers is Corylopsis (various cv's) which also smells great and has good autumn colour as a bonus. And there's always the back section of Hillier's (my fave!) Good luck with the assignment.
