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  1. Bolt
    Those locks could be made of cheese, but that wouldn’t help him get out!!
  2. Bolt
    I saw the fine line that you trod, and it was good. Anyway, stuff all that malarkey...... back at full throttle to the trees!
  3. Bolt
    Although I see your point up to a fashion, what must be appreciated is that there is a higher rate of attrition in a basic tree climbing course than other ‘CS units’ simply because if you really are hopeless at it, you are pretty unlikely to finish the training, and almost guaranteed to not bother with an assessment. I have had the dubious pleasure of training some truly hopeless causes at felling over the years, and almost all of them seem to convince themselves that they will ace an assessment!
  4. Bolt

    2 rope tangles

    Bolt replied to warren's topic in Climbers talk

    I first started using this two rope / anchor system back in 2015, when I started doing climbing for a utility company that required it. I was over 45 at the time, having been a climber since the 90’s. .....amazing how an old fart can adapt to some things seemingly quicker than the young-bloods! [discretely pushes a pair of Blake’s-hitches under his climbing bag with his toe].
  5. Bolt
    Hope you get fixed soon, Stubby. Just the tail of a Lab can be destructive enough, wouldn’t care to be on the receiving end of the whole dog!
  6. Bolt
    Indeed. Burning unseasoned ash is simply a squandering of what should have been properly seasoned ash.
  7. Bolt
    Inspired post, possibly the best one yet.
  8. Bolt
    Interesting pictures. I always associated hedgelaying as something done down the edge of a field. Never really considered horticultural hedgelaying like the pictures above to be a 'thing'. Good to see that there are enlightened homeowners willing to invest in it. Nice work.
  9. Bolt
    No chance of me helping with this.... I am clueless when it comes to presents for my own family.... certainly no good with anyone else's!!
  10. Bolt
    I guess it depends what he wants it for. If he wants a 'rescue knife' to hang on his climbing harness, these are fairly popular... SPATHA - Packs-and-accessories | Petzl United Kingdom WWW.PETZL.COM Petzl United Kingdom. Knife with carabiner hole I had one ages ago...… and, alas, lost it ages ago. I believe the current style has a locking blade, so may fall foul of the 'legal carry' * requirements for strolling down the high street of a weekday evening though. If he wants a knife for grafting apple scions, or other specialist activities, then he is going to require something a little more, errrr, specialist.
  11. Bolt
    Personally, I rather enjoy loading the stove, so the increased reloading frequency is kind of a positive for me (although unexpected blobs of leylandii sap is not).
  12. Bolt
    Does anyone know if these things are any use? I was toying with bodging a drawbar onto one to fit on the back of the lawn tractor (shift split wood from the bottom of the garden).
  13. Bolt
    Have you seen this most excellent thread started by 'Woodworks'? If I remember correctly, a bit of info on the commercial builds with a bit of experimental build action thrown in!
  14. Bolt
    Fair point. Put like that it does seem a bit less of a giggle.
  15. Bolt
    Before helping yourself walk the forest, chop wood. After 'enlightenment' drop wood, run the forest.
  16. Bolt
    I had the great opportunity of being in at the start of a 200 acre farm 'rewilding' project back in 1995 on the moors of the North Pennines. (eccentric millionaire project). Woodland planting, lake excavation, wetland creation and peatbog restoration. Happy days. Always nice to be a decade or two in front of the curve.
  17. Bolt
    ….. but there could be crouching beside lakes, swilling the sawdust out of beards with pure crystal clear water. …..could get sponsorship from Head and Shoulders. or possibly even Timotei.
  18. Bolt
    Netflix mini series.
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    ...
  20. Bolt
    5 star thread. Proper little gold ones an' all.
  21. Bolt
    Oh YESSSS. [Pulls up chair].
  22. Bolt
    And what is more, when your timber saw horse is looking shabby after a few seasons and you fancy a change/update, you can just saw it up and add it to the log pile. Now that truly is a saw horse for firewood!
  23. Bolt
    Certainly better than One rope v. Two rope.
  24. Bolt
    Sounds better than what I use (karabiner through belt loop).
  25. Bolt
    I must admit I had grave reservations about this thread back on July 31st, but putting that aside, I reckon this is the best Arbtalk mini-series currently. This low impact stuff is great!

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