David Humphries

Californicate his bloomin socks ! What about me Blue Bells

Saw this Old Robur whilst driving back from the Blue Bells today and felt sad. Then saw the whipper snapper planted alongside; and felt a liitle less pessimistic

Ooooooops...... I meant B :wave:

Some interesting woody things.

Spent the day deep in the Blue Bell and Beech Woods at Ashridge today. :wave:

Less is definately more in the long run my friend. My advice is go with A :wave:

Dean, do you mean on the end of the blue cambium saver or the climbing rope?

I think I was pushing the boundaries a tad last night; Arb talk - Trees on tv - Beer(s) and the only two topics of adult conversation all night were; the logistics of going to Ashridge woods this morning to savour the Beech and Blue Bells plus informing of my intention to do me mates 40th out in Spain later this year..............whoops ! :wave:

Used to think I was a bit of a book worm in the past, but since being a dad, my private time is now filled with the joys of being less selfish..............yeah right. Currently reading A long way gone "memoirs of a boy slodier" by Ishmael Beah ISBN 978 0 00 779712 7 If you haven't allready, i'd recommend you give it a go Pete. A serious eye opener on the plight of survival of the unfortunate in Siera Leone

Not "th th th the talk" I'm rightly fraid now. I've heard whisperings of it afore. Thought it was just an Urban Legend Are you guys at liberty to divulge more of this dark secret :wave:

That someone was me. Thanks for posting Drew. I'll give it a bash at work next week. :wave:

Thought that it would be a good idea to nip in to work a little earlier in the mornings to get my hit. This was killing two birds with one stone. Less ear ache from the 'strife' for ruining her evenings and destroying what little adult company she has after a day looking after the nippers, plus TO GET MY FIX, THE HIGH, THE RELIEF, AND TO SLAKE MY UNENDING THIRST FOR ALL THINGS WOODY !!!!!!!!! BY HECK I'VE GOT IT BAD, Mr Bullman you are a bad bad man, suppliers like you should be banged up to protect the weak. So imagine my sheer horror, the pain, the withdrawal I felt when I cranked up the Pc this morning to find.............Your access to this site is denied, Web Watcher has blocked access, your internet browsing has triggered this action, you must contact the administrator blah blah blah...... It took me three threatening e-mails and a couple of angry.. ....well not quite ,she sounded quite nice on the phone......calls, to argue my need for this product, this manna, this sweet sweet After a couple of sweaty, fingernail bitting cold flushing hours, finaly got my prescription back. HALLELUJAH, Thank the good shepherd. Take stock fellow Arbs, regulate your useage........or at the very least hide it away from your boss and more importantly, your other halves. :wave:

Here's a Fractured/Coronetted Reduction on a 100ft Red Oak that had leaning and decay issues, next to a medium/high target area. The poor images are due to the fact that i had a duff camera back in October 02. 1st before, 2nd fungi, 3rd during, 4th immeadiately after 5th last summer or

Fishy, Fishy, Fishy, Fishy, Fishy, Fishy, Fishy, Fishy, Fishy, Fishy............................something does have an oceanic type wiff

Hello David, thanks for your input. We too have our set aside ares, but this lil' ole island of ours is very very crowded. Not loads of 'Wilderness' left for people to enjoy here. I work at an urban (although managed) 'wilderness'. We have upwards of 5 million visitors every year, the balance between aesthetics, wildlife and safety is a difficult concept for our users to appreciate and for us to achieve.

It is my opinion that some of your points of view are far too hung up on what the tree looks like immeadiately after work has taken place and the apparently missunderstood notion of place, you are probably strugling subconsiously with the fact that these are always if not generally in open space/woodland locations and not the urban environment. Surely there is justification in trying to mimic nature as much as possible in these areas, which is where people are usualy trying to de-stress themselves away from the built environment where they dont have to interact with mans total control. Horses for Courses. No one in the industry is naive enough to sugest this is the future best practice for tree prunning. Will be interesting to see whats included in the padded out version of the new updated Bs 3998 with regards to these issues. :wave: Will post some pictures of the Red Oak later when the computer will let me. Totaly agree with your point Chris

Thought that was probably the case Brendan. Appologies if it seemed a pointless post, again thought clarification for the junior members was a good tackle, thanks for the reply. :wave:

Thanks Mac, would of bypassed me and had me scrambling to see it on BBCi Playier next week before the next one.

Nice Big job Brendan, Fine rigging. Out of genuine Interest, with regards to the tears on the stubs in pictures 2,3 & 4, Are you guys on the other side of the pond taught that way, or is that personal preference to not use under cuts on branch removals? :wave:

Great Photos Nick. Any more?

Portland was my playground back in those halcyon days.

Thanks for the post Conkers. Interesting and possibly very valid points. For a broader picture this Trees environment is 600 acres of Heath/Woodland (Not truly Urban) and as such we have a non replant policy relying on natural regen and Tree/Woodland management. This Fulham is an historical and rare tree and as such the time and expense is justified and GVFM, imho.

Very interesting Photos Mr Gairn. Thanks for posting. I for one can appreciate the extra time and effort that coros and fractures take to accomplish. Have you previous experience? How deep was the sink cut on the 2m rip, and did you need a pull line for it? I certainly wouldn't call it pretty, but in context with its environment, I find the aesthetics easy on the eye. The Monolithic Coronetted Chestnuts at Hatfield, helped inspire me to this type of work. Can't really tell from the last pic, what is the species? We have had very substantial regeneration on a Red Oak that was fractured and coronetted a few years back, and are currently awaiting the response on a Fulham Oak that was carried out last fall. IME, although man made, the rips and tears do mimic natural breakages and I believe that Trees heal this process far more ergonomically than across the grain flushed target prunes. Incidentally, I have seen witches brooms on Pine before, but never anything that size. Good work. Out of interest, how was the work priced? Cheers :wave: David

I've now got a proper reason for changing my user name. Those fellas really are true simians. Makes my awkward tree clambering more akin to Hippo than Monkey. They must have incredibaly strong ankles and feet muscles. Nice post, enjoyed the Baletic movement.