Matthew Arnold
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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
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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.
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Yes i did and nothing was in it or on it. There are woodpeckers nesting but they were on the far side of the river and fully fledged.
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On the rounds today i noticed that one of the Willow stems on a Crack Willow bridge had been completely stripped of bark. The top was going limp and decided best option was to cut it down to ground level. Unfortunately i only had a "Gyspie stick" with me so used that to fell it and cut it down to ground level. Was happy with the result.
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Did a very quick wildflower survey on a piece of land we cleared of trees about 5 years ago. It was bare soil with lots of stumps so we had a digger come in and remove the stumps and do a light scrap on the top surface to remove bramble and nettle rhizomes. Best find to date is Common Broomrape. It is a parasitic plant completely lacking in chlorophyll that feeds on clovers and other legumes.
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Here is a link from the BBC of the damage the winds are causing. In pic 3 of the tree on the house do i spy a bracket at the base? BBC News - Your pictures: High winds in Scotland
