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I will collect some either tomorrow or friday for you. PM me your address and I'll pop them out to you.

There is an identical area to this on Broughton Bay, north west tip of the Gower Peninsula. It was caused by an earthquake in the atlantic in 1607. The land dropped by aproximately 1 metre and the resulting tsunami washed away the old natural coastal defences of the sand dunes and permentantly flooded vast tracts of former forest and pasture land. Where the trunks remain exposed you will usually see they all face the same direction, that of direction of wave travel. It is believed that as many as 6000 people may have died in the Bristol Channel area alone, mostly on the upper tidal stretches of the Severn estuary up as far as Gloucester. I must get a life!!!

Weald Woodfair, 16th - 18th September Soth West Woodland Show, Longleat Estate, Wiltshire, 9th September

I Have found I can turn some woods, such as sycamore, maple and beech when green but to prevent them splitting I coat them in wax, both inside and out. This drastically slows the water loss and rarely suffer from cracking. Once dried it's then easy to clean off the wax and finish off the bowl! Simples!!

First & foremost, thank you to all the people who took the time at the Arb Association trade fair to complete the survey on the GreenMech stand. All those who took part were entered into a draw for a GreenMech jacket and fleece. The winner is Richard Tate of Taw Trees, Devon. Well done to Richard and again, thanks for everyones support!! Julian:thumbup:

Sod it......... some of us poor sods will still be manning our trade stands while you're knocking one back!! Bring a couple over to the stand with grass coloured wood chippers on it!!!

The RRP is £19950 + vat.

Sorry to read of your trouble, but admiring your attitude to adversity! Good luck mate, hope normal service resumes for you soon!

Thats exactly what I've done on the few occasions I've had to deal with it. Providing you make your cuts with secateurs to prevent fragments being created, and you're scruplous about burning everything then it does seem to work well.

Pete, there isn't a tree surgeon alive you haven't met a some point! Lets face it, you're a chipper whore!!:thumbup:

Glad you're ok! I was out with a dealer doing a demo for an authority last week when we went past some "tree surgeons" on the side of a busy main road, section felling a horse chestnut. No signs, no cones, no stop/go board. Just an unmarked, fixed bed white transit parked on the pavement, two guys on the floor in jeans and trainers and the climber dressed exactly the same and none with any form of ear/eye/head protection........ How you professional tree surgeons manage to still make a living when there are idiots out there prepared to cut every corner is beyond me.

I've only been asked to remove it a few times in the past and I've cut the stems off with secateurs to prevent debris being spread, then filled each stem with Round-Up. Don't forget to burn all the waste! This will work on small patches of it, but I don't know about the wholesale removal of the stuff. I'm sure there are plenty of people on here who have plenty of experience of this!

The Stroud area really does have hardly any in it at the moment but I'm sure its going to change at some point. I spend quite a lot of time in and around Swansea, they seem to be suffering more than most areas. There is a churchyard down there which is now completely obliterated, not a single stone visible. Do you know when it was first introduced to the UK?

I'm going to have to try it out now.......... if I can find some!! The Five Valleys is thankfully free of any major infestation as of yet.

So thats a yes, then!!!:thumbup: