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Eh just not healing up lime it should as it should it is slowly, Then you know what it's like at times !! Things just go from bad to worse as I had to rush back to vets yesterday with my young dog with suspected consuming either dead poisoned rat carcases or the rat bait it's self so fingers crossed that she pulls through,, very lethargic, and shitting blood ,, so not good,,

Only 2 airworthy Lancasters flying at the moment, one in the UK and one in Canada, but we do have another one that is under restoration at present in Lincolnshire and this one was stored in a hanger on squiersgate airport at Blackpool for many years, a mate of mine was working for the council in blackpool and they was at the airport doing some work and they went to this hanger and there stood this lancaster, he has some photos of it and i will see if i can get them copied and post,,

Nice that one,, What year is the triumph ? has that one come back to the UK from the states or is it a UK bike,

bigger high spec tractors can travel at up to 60k, its the trailer axels, tyres and brakes that is the issue, i would just go on to www.gov and check it out on there,, i was at a machinery sale not long since and lad i was with was looking at a trailer and all he said was tyre bill would be well in the 100s before he got home with it, old trailer in very good condition with old style low speed tyres ,,

Documentry just started on sky documntrs called Lancaster and there is a few interviews with Johnny Johnson,,

All lads I know have held off this year due to prices, only litter I knew of was a litter of labs and they where a grand, if I hear of owt I will let you know,,

Personally I think that is expensive ATM, digs in lockdown went mental price wise, then every one who had a bitch thought we can make a few quid and breed pups hence flooding the market hence prices fell, for £1500 today it must be so.ethi g very special and very well bread, I would think £750 - £1000 for a top bread springer, lab or cocker is about the mark,,

80 years ago today on 16th/17th May 1943 19 specially modified Lancasters with 133 crew on board left our shores and headed for the German dams in the Ruhr and Eder valleys, each plane carried a special made bomb, at first called the bouncing bomb, then commonly became known as the upkeep, in the development of the upkeep it was found that this bomb would be dropped from a hiegt of 60ft with a back spin of 500rpm to ensure it skipped across the water to avoid the torpedo nets protecting the dams, The objective of this operation was to destroy the dams and slow Hitlers war machine down as this area of Germany was very industrial area manufacturing for the German war effort, It was agreed by Guy Gibbson and Arthur Harris that they would fly to the targets at a altitude of 100ft or less to avoid German radar detection,, These planes started leaving RAF Scampton at 21,28 each with 7 crew on board and the 4,1tonne upkeep plus incenderies , they left in 3 formations with each formation taking a different route to 3 different targets, First target to be reached was the Mohna dam and this was found to be guarded with anti aircraft guns so made the mission more difficult but it was destroyed at 00,28 with the fith upkeep dropped by Dave Maltby, Second target was the Eder dam and this was destroyed by Les Knight at 01,52am, Third target was the Sorpe dam and only 2 planes reached this dam and on reaching it the steep land around the dam made it a difficult tarrget to attack, however it was unguarded and the dession to fly along the dam and release the upkeep with no back spin on it, the 2 upkeeps dropped here where by Joe Mccarthy and Kenneth Brown,the dam was not breached but it was heavily fractured,, Was it a succes ?, yes it was as it destroyed 2 hydro electric power stations and caused heavy damage to 7 others, destroyed and damaged dozens of factory's, railways, mines and halted steel production by over 50% it is said that a estimated 1600 people killed, all this slowed Hitlers war production down and was claimed to be a big turning point in WW11 for us, On this operation we lost 8 aircraft and 53 airmen with 3 others taken as POW,s, personally I have the upmost 100% respect for these brave men who fought for our freedom, One statement that makes the hair on the back of my kneck stand up was said by radio operator George Chalmers who flew with Bill townsend, George said he looked out of his porthole and Bill was flying our Lancaster down a fire break in a forest below treetop height,,, First photo Guy Gibson, Mick Martin and John Hopgood leaving RAF Scampton at 21,39 all loaded up, Second photo Gibson, Martin and Hopgood just coming over the Dutch coast , Third photo enemy coast ahead skipper, Forth photo Dave Mattby, Dave Shannon and Hennry Maudsley under fire heading up the Nothsea canal, Fifth photo Joe Mccarthy under fire on the same route as Maltby, Shannon and maudsley, Mccarthy,s plane developed a coolant leak and was assigned to a reserve Lancaster and took off some 34 minuets late so there for flew solo,, Sixth photo Dave matbys run in under fire at the Mohna dam Seventh photo was on the morning of 17th May 1943, last plane home to RAF Scampton was Flgt Sgt Bill townsend who landed at Scampton at 06,15 here he is under fire making his way out to the north Sea on his way home, Eighth photo has to be the last, here we see Joe Mccarthy dropping his upkeep at the Sorpe dam, below the pilot in the glass bubble was bomb aimer squadron leader George leonard Johnson who was known as Johnny Johnson by all that knee him, Johnny Johnson was the last member of the dams raid to pass away and sadly he passed away on 7th December 2022 at the age of 101, so that would of made him 22 years old on this mission, my hat goes off to him and all that took part in this mission Guy Gibson who lead the mission was only 24 at the time, well done lads,, I hope this is as appreciated as much as it is by myself as these men all went down in the history books as this being the most dangerous bombing mission of WW11, I have 100% respect to all involved on this mission called operation chastise RIP all of you,,

yes i got pissed off with hearing all the old UK Eurovision entrey,s today on R2, Lulu, Cliff, Sandie Shaw etc never herd em for years but today sure made up for lost time, i think i could on the Kari oki and sing Boom bang a bang with out looking at the screen, so changed to Heart FM,

The Chesil beech and aberton res are original photos, the others are a artists impression from original photos,, the low level practice over the Fens looks better in B&W,

80 years ago we had some brave men who where chosen for a mission that went down in the history books as being the most daring bombing raid of WW11, On the lead up to this raid called operation chastise, a man called Barns Wallice was chosen to design a bomb that would skip along the surface of the water and hit the dam wall and sink before exploding , after several designs of a bouncing bomb where used until one was found that would work and would be successful for its chosen job, along with the new bouncing bomb 19 specially adapted Lancaster bombers where ordered and adapted to carry the new bomb, this then lead to crews being chosen and a lot of low leval practicing flying would take place in and around several places in the UK, First photo is at Chesil beach where the development of the bomb took place, Second photo is of 3 Lancasters practicing low level flying over the Lincolnshire Fens, Third photo is of same 3 Lancasters heading out law over the wash, Forth photo is of one of the modified Lancaster flying low over Aberton reservoir with 3 more Lancasters in the back ground, Fithe photo is a Lancaster practicing a night run between the towers on Derwent reservoir in Derbyshire,

Oh well it's been a rush round this last hour or so,, I came home at about 4 ish had a brew made a few phone calls then went and cut grass, both dogs out with me till I started mower up then they went back inside ,,I then followed shortly after and noticed something hanging down from under pepper, then on closer inspection part of her gut is hanging out where she had stitches, my first thought was is that dog trans gender !! So straight on phone to vets who close at 5pm, but one did ring me back with in 2 mins, so load up abd off to the vets who's 5 mins up Rd and she was all ready there with some stuff almvready set out, So pepper back in vets over night and being stitched up as I write this,,

Just a update, we have been to the vets this morning and she has removed all but of the 2 stitches, the 2 that are left will be removed next week as they are particiialy internal, this morning went a lot smoother than I thought it would do, got more antibiotics and the bad news is she has to keep the helmet on for another wk ,,,

She is doing OK at the moment, if you look at the top centre of photo there is a drain on the inside of what is her left leg, that has been weeping but its supposed to but has dried up this last 36hrs, op was done last monday and we are back at vets on wednesday to access when stitches are coming out,,

Well finally managed to get a photo and have a count, I gor31 stitches ?? She wernt for sitting still for long, 1 scare is about 10" and the other about 12",, she seens better and more active today tho,,

Some one else mentioned these but I can't risk her getting to the stitches, she can nearly get to em now with lanp shade on but just can't quite reach !! I was watching her Saturday night and she was trying her best for about an hour but just can't get to em, cheers all the same, I will post a photo of stitches when I can get one,,

Well I got one that's not to happy at the moment , been in vets to have mamory strips removed and it didn't go to well,, what should of been a 40-45 min op turned in to near on 3hrs !!I ain't counted the stitches as yet but I would guess some where vetween 30 & 40 ?? She not to happy about the lampshadebein on but it ain't coming off till stitches out, But on the bright side and in true Labrador style there is nothing wrong with her appetite,,

I am pretty sure if you do the multiple windblown ticket you automaticaily get the single wind blown ticket as well, on the old numbers they where CS34 & CS35, and as 5thelement said above dont worry about the large tree ticket as yet, Then as spruce pirate says once you got the ticket you then start to learn,, every site and every tree is different and as for windblown all i can say is when you do the course listen carefully and take a mental note of every cut you get shown and use then as you was shown, there has been a lot more accidents with windblown over the years due to lads using the wrong cut in the wrong place, good luck with your course and stay safe,,

In 1949 George Orwell predicted in his novel called 1984, he predicted that big brother will be watching you !! and i dont think he was wrong ?? so be very careful what you text, email or msg to others,, we are submitting all our info to the government little by little every year now and i am sure it wont be long before they know what time you start moving in a morning, what time you have a dump, what time you eat etc,, Will some one please correct me if i am wrong here, but was it not China who introduced a movement app on all mobile phones when Covid broke out just over 3 yrs ago ?? i seem to recall it in the news but did it ever take off and work ??

Seen 4 down at the yard on Thursday, then 2 at a small holding up in the hills of Friday,,

Personally i think chainsaws are amazing things when you compare them to other machines that are much bigger,,When we where cutting infected larch day in day out we flog our saws 4,5,6 days a week and again with only one issue and most days we put our 5ltrs through em then home , one way i compare saws to other machines is, is if you was sat in your car doing 60mph for 7 - 8hrs a day for 4,5,6 days a week how far would you have travelled ? One saw i bought new (mentioned above) and was using on the Larch jobs went tits up one afternoon and was dropped off a dealers on way home, saw was sorted out day after and collected on the way home, when collected i was given a print out on the saw i,e how mant times it had been started, how much at idol and how much at 50% and how much at 100% and total running hrs, now this number supprised me at 418 hrs with no issues till it failed to start, in that 418hrs i might of put a new plug in it, so if that saw was compared to what you could do in a car for that amount of time makes em pretty robust little engines really, 418 x 60mph = 25080 miles and something else to consider is the piston in a saw is a lot smaller than one in a car and most cars have 4 of them and then the piston in a s saw will be going up n down 3 or 4 times faster than the one in the car,, so with all that said i think they are pretty amazing little engines,,

Its a sign of the times i am afraid, rising living costs and no wage rises, and its only going to get worse, Sorry, if we do a job where joe public has either car or foot access we dont leave any thing that can be moved, we just leave it standing, a mate has just extracted some decent oak saw logs to track side and some bunt has been on the stack and cut 2 or 3 rings off about 20 logs and wheeled out in a barrow, hence cameras are now up at access point and timber stack,,

Daughter and son in law have just ditched there sky package that was £116 a month, they came to the end of there contract at the end of march so they gave sky there 28 day notice that is required, sky came back with a offer for the same package for £65 a month, this went on for about 3wk via email and phone calls and skys final offer was £27 a mth for same package so John asked sky if they where still making money at £27 and they answered yes, so he just said i now feel i have been ripped off by sky for many years and i wont be renewing any services with you again,, since this i now know of several who have gone down the same rout with sky, my broadband is due to get changed soon, so i will keep an eye on this thread,,

50-100 trees down,, when timber is down like this it can be very difficult to estimate the quantity, from what you have said previously and thinking there is hundreds of tonnes i think you will be very dissapointed to hear that from the size of trees you describe they wont even be a tonne each and then if it has dieback even less weight,, Has this job been stopped for a reason ? Is there a plant health order on the trees due to disease ? If no plant health order is there a felling licence in place,, just be careful as you will be getting blamed for all of it if the other guy has fallen out with land owner, but like others have said why did he not finish the job ??

I am hardly going to go and spend £360 on a drill and another what £60-£70 on a battery and charger to drill 2 holes, it was just a one off project that I did and managed to do it , OK first SDS drill burnt out but it came to me free of charge as it was left under a bed in a rental property I helped clear out, new one I bought was a hokicoki or what every there called,, but I am a big believer in having the right tool for the job and if it was something I was doing regular I would not think twice about spending the money on the right kit fir the job,,