Tony Croft aka hamadryad

ditto to that, I put career and research first for th last few years and now i enjoy it as much, but still miss it:thumbup1: there is nothing more relaxing than a bankside seat in the theatres of nature:thumbup1:

thanks Guys, the more locations i can get the better.

Thanks Andrew, i glad I am a help rather than a pain in the rear! lol surprised anyone can tolerate a day with me to be honest! like standing in a wind tunnel I imagine!

ha ha, your a fine one to talk Sean, you can have a right moody fit at times! Hows things these days?

I do miss getting the old rods out and chillin on a sunny afternoon.

lol, you could say that, 43lb12oz is my PB, not a french nor simmo but a hardcore veteran from a rock hard lake!

mmm might rule that one out Scottie, thanks for trying though, If your at an event and see me I will buy you a beer:thumbup1: same goes for you john:thumbup:

I would take the wag and mag method and head for the dam wall, the only link I can find without a serious trawl, which you can do yourself The Maggotdrowners Forum - Baggin Waggler (My Way)

SYLVA • reviving our wood culture

yorkshire might be a little too far but keeping options open, is it in private grounds then? and thanks,

thanks guys, keep em coming but please keep the location between us in case it vanishes over the time we speak! it happens! keep em coming, options are good

Hello all, we have a mission, to find a Chicken of the woods bracket in or around the Hampshire wiltshire area, dont mind if its outside the area by a largish margin but needs to be a good specimen complete. This is not for me but for a friend filming a documentary with a well known chef, will post a link to the programme if we find one. your help is appreciated, and wont be forgotten. Heres a shot of Laetiporus to remind you all what it looks like, we need to locate one by monday evening at the latest. the hunt is on!

Its truly wonderfull! go to the users profile and clickuser lists ,top left ish.

Oh SWEEEEEET! Just found out there is an ignore feature hiding any posts from user of choice!!!! this day is turning out to be the best ever! all i need now is a pint of chilled Carlsberg!

When my truck and chipper got nicked i sold all my power tools to survive for a 14 day period, worst mistake I ever made, still fighting to get back to where I was. chin up dude, storm cant last forever.

I know why you're here, Neo. I know what you've been doing... why you hardly sleep, why you live alone, and why night after night, you sit by your computer. You're looking for him. I know because I was once looking for the same thing. And when he found me, he told me I wasn't really looking for him. I was looking for an answer. It's the question that drives us, Neo. It's the question that brought you here. You know the question, just as I did. love that line

Ha ha ha ha ha:lol: Thats called playing possum Guy:001_rolleyes:

sycamore, is poor at dealing with such wounds and the decay that follow, weakening the union not a salvage situation. In this position of this species with young regen sitting beneath waiting for light this is an easy no guilt fell.

thats BIG, this needs clarification.

Thanks Paul, not happy because of that though, the AA arbfest thing is scaring the hell out of me! Ive just had a hard time mentaly lately, I take things hard, though you would never know! ha ha ha I just got some really really solid advice from a genius and wise old soul, a fellow Yoghurt weaver, along with that superb advice and a lot of other Yoghurt weavers offering a lot of encouragement and support of late I finaly feel that i have a kind of family around me. Life is good for me at least as good as I could ask with humility and dignity rather than greed.

Now my dear dear sweet guy, just so everyone understands that what you have said above is regurgitated BS from notes drawn by you for representation both here and elsewhere. You are very well known on the circuit, and your reputation is not as an organ grinder but as the organ grinders monkey, and karma dictates that I must at least offer you some parting advice to keep you from falling foul. Develop your own ideas, and work HARD and youll get the recognition and lifestyle you so desperately crave, and remember always that in SOME countries they still eat monkies. When I said i would hunt you down, i was not referring to Gun totting shannigans but that you would feel chased and harassed as you have done to me, and some of my friends surreptitiously. The hunt my dear lad is now on, youll know when I am behind you. Enjoy France Guy.

I have just spent the best hour on the phone with one of the wisest men I will ever meet, and received a masterclass in the way so many things work within arb/forestry/academia. My world has been restored to the calm cool considered self that i truly am, I understand why there are ***** in the universe, why there are some who steal rather than do their own work, not just chainsaws and trucks, but ideas and thoughts, even observations. I am now feeling so much better about my direction in life, its my own you see, doesnt fit in with anyone else's view, nor path, or thinking, its me, this is my journey. I offer one last piece of advice to all my friends, do what you do with passion do it to the best of your abilities and be happy, because you are you, and you are unique, you might not be a great speller, or a great climber or a great mathematician, you might not be good at business. That doesn't matter, because what you can do somebody else cannot, we all have our thing, our super power within, you just have to find it and then RUN like the wind with it. Dont be afraid, don't fear shame or be embarrassed (unless you really ought to!) just be true to yourself and life will see you right in the end, no matter how many times you trip in haste. be good, be honest, be loyal go well stay well and most important of all read hard my friends, and trust yourself deeply:thumbup1: The world is full of wonder and discovery, go find your thang:thumbup1: KARMA and Shear squares are the universal laws, follow them and youll not go far wrong! Im so frigging happy at the moment, work is hard, but life, life is sweeter than the first draw of birch sap on a spring day:thumbup:

Thanks for turning this back into an interesting thread, maybe not such a bad idea after all! Make sure you continue with this theme, I am all ears as they say James

This thread is going to be my greatest regret!

that my man was a timely fell:thumbup: