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I didnt get into the industry until I was 35 and started climbing after about 6 months. I was naturally fit but still found it bloody hard work. I am now nearly 42 and climb pretty much everyday working with some very big trees and manageing a contract at Richmond Park. I have also put myself through the AA Tech Cert. I am obviously still learning which is why i am on arb talk and tapping into the welath of knowledge on here from guys with decades of experience. I think climbing can be taught but there is also alot of natural ability involved and COMMON SENSE. Which being alot older when i came to arb I seemed to have which maybe some of the younger guys at work may not. If you are determined, open to learning, keep yourself fit and have a genuine passion there is no reason why you cannot enter this industry in mid 30's......i am testament to it.....go for it.

Come to Richmond park......we have vets galore......plenty of vet oaks,beech,sweet chestnuts, limes hornbeams and hawthorn as a starter.....if you do a search of my threads you will see plenty of photos from the park. Anything i can help you with then feel free to ask. Hope you have a good one regardless of where you end up.

As to the scientific name Salix, we are told, in Thomas Newton's "Herball for the Bible" (1587), that-- "The Willow is called Salix, and hath his name a saliendo, for that it quicklie groweth up, and soon becommeth a tree. Herewith do they in some countres trim up their parlours and dining roomes in sommer, and sticke fresh greene leaves thereof about their beds for coolness." Though this etymology "from leaping" may be doubtful, even with the analogous case of our own word "quick" applied to the Hawthorn, there can be little doubt that the old English name "Sallow" is a corruption from the Latin, whilst the other two names, Willow and Withy, both probably refer to the flexibility of the young branches.

he did indeed.....and loved it! And Daddy won a carved wooden Golden Eagle in the raffle:thumbup:

One for the diaries.....went to this last year and it remains one of the best trade fairs there is.......horse logging, woodcrafts, steam trains, neolithic life recreated plus all the normal trade stands. A great day out for all the family:thumbup: Bentley Wildfowl & Motor Museum

just got a copy of this after being recommended by a client.....just started it and am immersed into it already:thumbup: http://www.eartheasy.com/blog/2009/12/the-story-of-yew-–-a-tale-told-by-a-tree/

i live a mile from heathrow.......no planes here!

is it a necessity to have the stitched eyes on the ocean polyester when used with hitch climber?

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lead in lines are always good to know about too.

learn about depth of field........

Photography rules....especially the rule of thirds are there to be broken!!!!

not my theory i should add.....but seems like a good one to me.....and makes good sense

Heres my cherry in the back garden taken this arvo

Willows at Richmond Park

As the title suggests this thread is intended to focus on one tree a month. It will hopefully be a celebration of our Native Trees in order to aid us all in learning as much as possible about them. Our experiences working with them, fungal associations, pests and diseases, photographs, myths, legends and their place in the arts and culture. As said before a celebration and learning resource. I thought we could use the Celtic Tree Ogham calendar as a starter whose origins lie with the Celtic tribes who migrated to Britain around 700 – 500bc. Trees were venerated by the ancients for their many gifts which were a mainstay of peoples lifestyles. Everybody was born under a particular tree (the same as our own zodiac sign). Hopefully this thread will work and we can collate all sorts of useful and interesting information about our native trees. I hope there are a few of you who feel the same. This months tree covering the dates 15th April to 12th May is The Willow (Salix Spp) Please feel free to add to previous Months.....Birch, Ash and Alder.

spring shed leaves of beech and oak were richer in soluble minerals than autumn shed leaves that had been lying around over winter......when these leaves fall in spring the roots are active and able to take in these nutrients as they leach from the leaves. Keeping the leaves only on the lower branches improves the chances that they will fall within reach of the trees own roots!........a theory.......

couple more.... Subsidence_Forum_Innovation_Group-Tree_Biology_Innovation_Newsletter.pdf june2005.pdf

here's a few for you steve. Graft Trees 30-10-08.pdf ENSPEC Research Paper - Ganoderma on Trees.pdf

no natural foliage?

Here's my old fiesta being slowly consumed:blushing:

Dont know David......its 1 0f 4 in the grounds of a block of flats.......rode past it a couple of months ago just after the failed limb had been cleaned up.....photographed it the other day.

this was a cedar limb failure......beautiful fracture:thumbup1:

Oak, Helford River.

Oak, Helford River... perfect.