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  1. Big J
    England deserved the win, but not by the manner that it was achieved. The penalty wasn't justified. They did control long parts of the game though. Denmark were superb, especially considering their population is a tenth of England's. If they win on Sunday, the question will no doubt be raised - can England only win a major championship at Wembley?
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    Jokes???

    Big J replied to brownie1964's topic in The Lounge

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    The fire is now on. Never thought I'd be doing that in Devon in July, but hey ho. Better that than uncomfortably cold.
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    I suspect I'll put the fire on today. It was very grey, raining and only up to 17.8c yesterday. Highs of 16 forecast today and the living room is down to 18c. It'd only take one stoking, but sub-20c just isn't pleasant. Where is summer?
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    Jokes???

    Big J replied to brownie1964's topic in The Lounge

    Bloody great useless lunking animals 😄 The strength of an ox, the brains of a rabbit and the nerves of a cat. And more expensive to keep than a mid sized car.
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    Jokes???

    Big J replied to brownie1964's topic in The Lounge

    Not a joke as such.... I'm in Sweden later this week for work. Being half German, I've always felt the irresistible draw of sandals and socks, but being married to a English lady (notably not suffering from a visual impairment) I've never been allowed. So in Sweden I'm going to go nuts. Sandals and socks all the way. Kathryn asked for photographic proof. I asked if it that could be considered sexting. She said no - it's the exact opposite 😄
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    Hahahaha 😄😝 Everything has grown like mad lately with the regular and sometimes extreme rainfall (Chard had 90mm in 3 hours last Monday). I felt like a bit of a dwarf amongst those monster foxgloves
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    I'm in the process of tendering to thin a decent sized oak compartment near Buckfastleigh in Devon. About 40% of the block is to be winched, and I no longer have the machinery to do it. I did last year's thinning, so I imagine that I'm in a good position to do next years. If anyone is interested in winching about 350-400 cube of nice quality and nice sized oak, please get in touch. It probably averages 38cm at chest height, the slope isn't too steep and it's very clean. I'll admit to hating winching, but this isn't bad work at all. Some of the runs are a little long, but there is plenty of space and all the crowns will be left on the hill. There is space to stay on site in a caravan, it's ruddy scenic and all the timber will be felled ahead of you. It's ideal work for the kind of alpine that would fit on a 3.5t trailer. This is how we left last year's block:
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    Thanks for the mention Adam. They certainly seem like the dog danglies as far as excavators go, but we're planning to emigrate next year to Sweden, so my need for one down here in Devon is no longer the case. I'm not discounting the idea of an excavator based harvester for Sweden though.
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    Jokes???

    Big J replied to brownie1964's topic in The Lounge

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    Popped up to Chard today and the eucalyptus nitens from last year's clearfell are growing at an insane rate. Planted April 2020, starved of water until June and they are now averaging 2m. The one I'm stood next to isn't the tallest (tallest I reckon is 3.3m). They've grown 1m so far this season and I reckon they'll grow another 1.6m, so averaging 3.6m with some topping 5m by November. I love eucalyptus 😁
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    I don't know how you get the logs so cheap Andy. The Scottish market is a little stronger than us down here, but you could slap at least £30/t on those and sell them all day here.
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    It's actually rather decent quality for Dartmoor. Good form and tight hearts, though admittedly the quality of the sawlog isn't the National Trust's primary concern.
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    We're most likely to have another block of it to do in December and January, if anyone is available to do some small machine winching for me? There would be about 400 cubic metres to winch, with fairly clear ground that isn't too steep. A lot would winch down the hill once poled out. Anyone with a large alpine fancy a mid winter Devon holiday? 😄
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    I was down on Dartmoor this morning looking at a second stage of oak thinning, so had a chance to see the areas we did in February. The area with the beech hasn't seen so much regen yet, but the oak area has rocketed away.
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    Here is a photo the landowner took of me looking shifty whist doing a final walk around the Minehead site. He seemed very happy with the thinning.
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    No - all good. I ensured that the oil level was always closer to the maximum when on level ground. It doesn't use much, to be honest. Either way, not something I'd like to repeat. Super steep slopes without a brash mat are extremely unpleasant.
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    I forgot to post the photo of the steepest bit of the slope:
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    Nearby, but not Nutcombe. We were working on one of the closest hills to Minehead - above the caravan club park that adjoins the town.
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    It's great to have her out. She did about an hour again this morning and seemed very well in herself
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    Finished up at Minehead. 700 painfully difficult tonnes. The block looks really nice now though. Plenty of space for the remaining douglas fir and sweet chestnut to grow. Minimal ground impact anywhere on the site.
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    Hi Martin - thanks for checking in but I finally finished the job (extraction and diggering to tidy up) on Thursday.
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    Jokes???

    Big J replied to brownie1964's topic in The Lounge

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    You can probably deduce that by how many kebab joints there are at the bottom.... 😏
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    It's an old one, but nevertheless incredible. Makes you realise that whilst we (as humans) are rather versatile, we're not especially good at anything physically.

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