Andrew Reed

Recipe for disaster then.

 

 

I think the cordless ones have a very limited market.

I notice vinyards and orchards are being increasingly planted in the south of UK, so maybe there is a place for these sort of tools:

ESPACES VERTS - COLLECTIVITES LOCALES

there is a dealer in Southampton who has calcs that show the high purchase cost pays back of a few years with fuel saving.

Apparently the pole saw is really good to use.

Fuel pump failed on an old VW Beetle, on the motorway on my way back from a wedding with wife and I in best clothes. The fix was: Remove windscreen washer bottle and piping from the front boot. Tip out water and refill bottle with fuel from tank side of pump fuel feed. Ask wife to sit in passenger seat with bottle held at shoulder height. Using washer water pipes, feed the fuel back to the carburettor via the passenger window and engine cover vents. Drive home another 100 miles refilling the bottle often!

I was suprised by the size of this one.

detritus

Thank you. Got it now. It was the "loaded or not" part that I had not worked out.

I appreciate the unladen weights and spec very a little, but please have I got this right? With a post 97 Category B licence you can drive:

An almost empty 350 Transit (2300-2400kgs) with a mid sized chipper (1100kgs). Where the total does not exceed 3500kgs.

or

A fully laden 350 Transit with a chipper less than 750kgs.

Then with a pre 97 Category B you can drive the fully laden 350 Transit and a max design limit trailer in tow.

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One bottle gin, drink a 1/3 of it. Meanwhile put sloes on a tray in the freezer overnight (to help break down the slow to release the juice). Add 20% of the bottle with of sloes, add 10% of the bottle with sugar. Shake each day for a several weeks. Add more sugar to suit your taste if required. Decant after a month, if any left.

Last weekend wife and I did the first two days of the Pennine Way from Edale going north. The first day was 17 miles plus a small detour at the start for a scenic route! Still got the blisters on my heels, so maybe my Menidl boots need insoles or two pairs of socks.

Someone suggested in the General Tree pics area that this was such a good example, it should have a thread of its own. Well here it is:-

Located above the river Barle in Exmoor. Was wondering if someone planted it there.

Andrew,

Agrocybe cylindracea (= A. aegerita), a species that mostly grows on trunks and stumps of (pollarded) poplar or willow.

Thank you Gerrit. Now found this name in the index of my Roger Phillips reference book, It was on page 247 (for anyone else who has the same id guide). The only Agrocybe that grows on wood.

It is edible as well! Not that I would risk eating that one with my limited experience. Probably best left to spread its spores anyway.

For those of you who like a nice picture of a working horse, this is Major at West Dean nr Chichester. With Mac in the background. Both dressed for work to pull that carriage in the background. I think their more normal duties are farm work on the estate.

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/fungi-pictures/31315-help-please-cannot-find-my-fungi-guide.html

Hamadryad suggested I linked this one in here to see if you could assist please.

Thank you

yes, probably dysfuntional root. I seem to recall it was the remains of a much reduced in size oak in a knot of root forming a hedgerow/bank. But there was leaf on what seemed to be growing there, so not dead yet.

One more of the same, but not so useful.

Located above the river Barle in Exmoor. Was wondering if someone planted it there.

I don't see many of them, so just thought I'd post it.

Just a casual enquiry. This one has been bugging me because i cannot find it in my references, so was wondering if anyone here might instantly recognise it. I think Agaricus or Amanita family, but not sure. It was on/in the base of a very old oak in a pasture hedge row.

Hi all

I am still looking for a climber in my area who would like to get some pre CS 39 practice with another climber, or recreation climb. Must have own gear.

How about a proper alarm to accepted standards (PD 6662:2004). If it is in an area where joe public will hear the alarm and notice any burglary activity. £500-£700 for the alarm, compared to one chainsaw at the same price. You can have options for dial up to a mobile phone fitted as well. That should keep insurance companies happy, and could even result in a discount maybe.

Janey

I saw war Horse a few months ago. Yes, agreed, excellent.

Try Tanaka, the first one up the range with a solid shaft and gear box. 230S I think. It is light weight and does not have the handle bar grips, so does not need to be on a harness for sweeping action.

see how that firewood table burns... alder is not the densest wood by a long way, but it actually makes a fantastic firewood. as usual, get it dry and keep it dry.

I found just the same, with some I burnt over last winter.

Well High Scale, I used to do the same. In the late 80s I seem to remember. The bar (just 2 or 3 barrels in the bay window) was in the house front room on left, and the "lounge" bar was on the right of the house front door. The glasses were washed in a plastic bowl next to the barrels. Never seen anything like it since. I think the cider was cloudy as well, but it was long time ago so I might be dreaming the cloudy bit.

Hi Treegeek

Was that guy interested in a reccy climb?

Cheers

I use Dogwood, it sends suckers up all over the place. It is pretty too. I have willow as well but it does not at first sight look to be so good, but the slope has held just fine anyway. The willow seems to need more maintenance.

Hi

The location of the practice tree(s) is close to Petersfield.