RobRainford
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Cheers Tom. That's the bottom end. Got a good few things planted round there. Almond, noble fir, few cherries. Couple of young mature ash. Newly planted acer rubrum last year. Variegated Holly which looks good. We did have a eucalyptus but it was less than 5m from the house so in a drunken escapade a few years ago my dad felled it onto the washing line! We've also got a judas tree. Another Holly. 4 chestnuts. Some laurel. Lots of hawthorn and privet hedging. And not enough time to manage it all!
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Meindl airstreams. Loves em I do!
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You should have seen the guy filming it! (my dad!) It was in our garden. I'd finished what I needed and was messing around. Btw those boots are awesome for climbing!
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well its either i do or a monkey does! need to get this sorted quick sharpish, ill see what there is round the place, ive driven through before and there are some hoooooge oaks and a good selection of other non oak species
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well this was some of my time wasted today, was in the garden helping out and had to prune the sycamore so did this first! [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Kk0qkAxKU]YouTube - Leaf blower fun[/ame]
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you do know your not allowed outside your car? id only pull your wipers off anyway:biggrin:
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I know. We might be allowed in with the monkeys though? Wouldn't it be fun jumping on peoples cars! We should have a long zip line! Tensioned with a vehicle! That way ed doesn't hit the floor when he clips on
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I like peppermint tea! Not with milk though. Is that a Yorkshire thing?
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Huck we wouldn't be in the safari park unfourtunately. But in the grounds of Knowsley hall. I'll be doing a woodland survey there hopefully so I'll have the chance to have a look round at the place and I'll say we could deadwood ones we climb or something like that. You wish mr Spencer!
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Pruned a cherry for my grandad. Reduced it a bit and thinned it a bit. He was 'well pleased!'
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After the success of the last one. I've been wanting to have another somewhere. I might be able to get access to Knowsley park as we are tenants of there and they have lots of nice big trees and open spaces. If I can agree something with them who would be up for it? Putting some feelers out!
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He must have a special punishment bag in his truck! Haha. It'd make you work quicker if your with a bloke who threatens to tickle you and perform sexual acts if you do wrong! hehe
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I think it's rude to turn down a brew. If you don't want it accept it anyway and just pour it away when they aren't watching. Or if I don't want tea I just ask for water when it's warm. Better than having nothing! I've had chips sent up before now. That's about as generous as I've had!
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Fungi photo competition- win hamas camera!
RobRainford replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in Fungi Pictures
Some cup fungi growing at the base of a sycamore. These were taken on an iPhone 4 for whoever is interested -
A good rope to start with would be a 16 strand. Very simple ropes. Work well with a blakes hitch. And will accept other hitches. I use a Knut on mine and it works well
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The can influenced the damage! haha. It just died one day so we just towed it round the field for a bit! It was given a good mashing with a 3 ton digger as a send off so I was happy! It was given to me anyway and we had a good 4-5 months over the summer out of it.
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Learnt a lot of my car control in this beastie! 1.8 diesel so used red and literally battered it round the fields Oh yeah then we shot it!
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Christmas present. Take your road car to an airfield and use it like a race track! Cracking day it was! This is what it used to look like before it met a gatepost and I had to take off some stripes!
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both those prices are plus VAT! i would love one, but i dont even have a vehicle to drop in it to get it near its breaking strain!
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I've got a c1 myself mate. Good for city driving. You can get a lot of kit in them though! I've got a hilux. Insurance is through my dads company as it's essentially his vehicle but I've got use of it. I tried to insure it myself but no chance!
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Saw this over on honeybros Arborist Equipment - Tree Surgeon Supplies - Climbing Accessories
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You could make a noise. May not be English. But it may be loud enough! I have a whistle in my tool box. Keep a first aid with a very sharp rescue knife on my harness and 10 man first aid kit in the truck behind the seat. Along with a fire extinguisher plenty of paper towels and a spare hi viz vest. And a few choccy wrappers! I bought a cheap whistle from somewhere. Sends the dogs mad and is nice and audible!
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The new Stein Quest GTX Boots (un)Official Review.
RobRainford replied to Frank's topic in General chat
Hey whats wrong with red boots hehe I was choosing between the steins and meindls. I tried the steins on and couldn't get on with that hard insole. Left my foot aching after just trying them. I think there was about 30£ difference in price but I can't remember exactly. -
On now from 10pm to 11pm. Very funny stuff! Channel 4!
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Its a nordman fir, not a spruce Abies nordmanniana We sell thousands each year! We do have a couple in our garden which are a lot bigger than this and see these fungi 10ft away! So i would agree they are mycorrizal, as none of the other trees in the immediate area are showing any negative signs.
