Matthew Arnold
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Next excursion will be the world famous Salisbury Plain M.O.D Training area. Only sticking to byways that we know we can drive. Did one we have never done before today and almost ripped the bumperette off.
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3 English Spring Spaniels all working stock. Charlie (Scraggy one) 12 years old Mother and Father Field trial champions Bramble (Leggy, whiter one) 4 years old (5 in August) Mother pet Father FTc. He can vault 4 ft stock fences without a problem. Bracken (Stumpy one with "saddle") same age as Bramble Fourth one on it way currently known as "Bruiser" as biggest one and looks to be clone of Bramble. N.B In fourth pic dog sat on step below is mother of Brambles litter. She is known as Fizz. Not our dog but they work like a pack in a woodland
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It is a stunning area. shame we had to tow one of the guys back at 4 though. His prop shaft went and being a 2wd-4wd is nackered him so towed him back from Corfe Castle to Puddletown. Took us an hour and a half but we had a towing bar so it was ok.
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Help on fungi ID please and a bit of advice
Matthew Arnold replied to detritus21's topic in Tree health care
I would reduced the weight in the limb leaning towards the road and so th same to its opposite number as Dryad's Saddle is an agressive white/soft rotter and judging by the size of that bracket the decay probably extends down to union already so may be making that unstable. So i would reduce it by about a third see how it reacts. If it dies off then reduce to unions to have a habitat stick. -
Yep thats Corfe Castle. The lane finished just before the visitor centre car park so it was full of "grockles" which was fun as they kept just walking in front of us.
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Lol. Should have been going quicker bu they saw us and still closed the bloody gate which is when they began exchanging quite strong language. The bumperette damage was caused when we slid into a 2ft deep clay filled hole with a big bank which caught it and bent it round. If it wasnt there we would have lost the exhaust back box and maybe dented the wing.
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Some of the pics of our second excursion in the 110. Only had a slightly ding with a bumperette so not too bad. Had a an unfortunate slanging match with a big group (20 +) of ramblers. They had a 1995 OS map we had a 2010 OS map. Our map showed the route as a byway. Their map showed the route as a footpath. Ours was right as we asked the farmer.
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The yew tree has a very active Badger sett underneath. I've done a badger survey there and counted 86 badgers out at one time.
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Framing Hanley [ame] [/ame]
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Nope different tree. But trees are only about 50 metres apart. The one with I. dryadeus is going to be deadwooded and reduced in the very top with coronet cuts where possible.
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What grinds my gears really bad is when i'm strimming a roadside bank with a hi vis jacket on with cones out and they drive really close when nothing is coming the other direction or when they park right where your going to strim.
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Friday chill tracks [ame] [/ame] [ame] [/ame] [ame] [/ame]
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Fell because of potential for decay in base caused by wound. Could be reduced hard to where the epicormic growths are showing.
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Here are some pics of a hilltop site i manage. Its the largest segment of rare Chalk Heath in Dorset and we are slowly restoring it back. We have some cracking trees in the woodland that we are slowly thinning to allow extra light to the smaller understory. The entrance is fortified like Fort Knox due to it being broken into by travellers 3 times in 4 years. First 9 pics are of the site in general. The next 12 pics are of the famous Woolland Hill yew. The rest of the pics are of some cool old (300 +) Oaks and (80+) Ash.
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Sounds like Bleeding canker but maybe the start of honey fungus getting in between the cambium and the heartwood. Either way its gonna be dead soon.
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Boss has decided to drop it next winter. Probably get some nice turning wood out of it
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:rock:For all you alternative metal heads. I give you (hed)PE. YouTube - hedpetv's Channel [ame] [/ame]
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Taken 26/5/2011 - Field Adjacent to Milldown. Got one of the locals camping in there.
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Very, very healthy beech. Maybe a bit too much leaf?
Matthew Arnold replied to Matthew Arnold's topic in Picture Forum
Here are the pics to confirm it -
Taken 26/5/2011
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The apprentice wasn't too happy about it as he suggested about driving back to the yard and back wasting 1/4 tank of fuel to pick up a chainsaw. No matter got it down with no problems. Chain didn't like going through the soggy wood though.
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Both trucks now sorted but only using my dads this weekend as mine is going to electrical specialists for a new wiring loom and having some tweaks done to the tracking and engine as couldn't pull itself along very well. Both going to cost about 200 quid for work but should be sorted enough for off roading.
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Was thinking same thing as well. Boss just wants to remove the two outer stems but it would look very very odd and nacker the base too.
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LOL. I saw all of the extra comments and thought i was in for a lynching for using a gyspy stick to fell a fair sized stem. In my defence our yard was 45 minutes drive away and i didnt think it would be wise to send one of the guys back to pick up a saw then come back.
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Spotted this on my site rounds yesterday. Its been attacked with all manner of tools and weapons and has a massive chunk of bark torn off. It has a healthy crown and is showing signs of healing the scars up. It had several crossing branches with associated holes/wear marks. Not sure what best plan of action is for this specimen. We have several others on the site as a member of the public went on a planting spree on our sites thinking they were a rare form of Ash.
