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Hi Wayne, pm me your email address and I'll send you the details. I hadn't thought about limiting numbers because I never thought that more than half a dozen people would be interested! However, I reckon we ought to cap it at 15, that way we can all climb in one area or split up into 2 groups. A few experienced climbers would be nice to help out the total novices, also I'd hope time served climbers would have a big old collection of gear Most importantly it means the service will be better at breakfast Yes mate, well, half of it is family farm anyway, plus we farm all the arable land on the farm, peculiar set up No worries Jack When you moving? We need to go for a pint before you do

Shooting, snowboarding, land rover stuff, cooking, gardening, DIY, ps3 occasionally, farming, tree work, being a dad. Not in that order! Those are the 'acceptable' face of my hobbies. Actually my main hobby is buying and hoarding shiny things, things with engines, wheels etc.... and hiding them in my shed from the wife. Keeps me very busy.

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I'm hoping it will be cold drinks kind of weather Joe! I'll try to get up there in the next couple of weeks to have a look at a couple of dead poles we can spike up to see if they're up to the task.

I hope it all works out for you Don't find excuses not to liquidate assets though. You say you sold fishing gear before and regretted it, so is the stuff you have replacements? I make lots of excuses to keep this car, it has sentimental value, I bought it for my wife when she recovered from cancer, but it's just a car. She's still here, that's the important thing. You could still spend weekends fishing with your dad with a 10 quid Shakespeare rod.....

If you won't sell the fishing gear it means you want to go fishing more than you want to set up on your own. So you would be better off staying employed and fishing at the weekends. If you're as confident as you make out, you'll be able to afford to buy new gear before you know it. I know how you feel, I need to free up some cash and should very well sell one of my cars, but I like driving it with the roof down when the sun comes out. What I should do is sell it, miss this summer, but be able to afford something better by next summer. But I can't, because I'm not committed. So I talk about it a lot but do nothing. Time flies when you're doing that. Get on with it Tony, before it's too late

I'd guess wrench over hh is because rw was 'the first', Kevin is involved with this forum, and you can buy the wrench over here... Now it has ISC behind it, surely a bigger player than ropetek with more clout? And it's better.... Obviously I'm kidding, other climbing aids are available.

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Cheers Jack

Not really any real benefit over ddrt on straight runs that i have found myself, but in busy crowns from the redirect point of view it's potentially less hard work. You can use the same 'both hands on' technique from ddrt coming back, tending slack upwards round your pulley and pulling down to the wrench at the same time. It's very efficient and subtly and very different from ddrt at the same time...

I reckon the sustained wet weather we have had for the last few years has had a bad effect on some of our trees, they just look sick. Could this be a similar thing?

I'd like to see that Tony we have some similar ash dotted about our place, not as extreme as this but similar principles would apply....

Wow. And again, wow....

In what way, as in when would it be used? You can use it in place of a portawrap for adding some friction to lower small pieces. It's not tuneable like a flying capstan with which you can vary the number of wraps to control descent, but for light stuff it's a quick and cheap solution. that help?

Then go for it. I doubt they'll even notice to be honest, we're talking hundreds of pounds here, not thousands. You're hardly Starbucks!

But that's where you would come in Tony! I still reckon, irrespective of what the TO has said, that old lumpy is right, stick one in and see what happens, they can't dismiss it put of hand, if they read it and it's ok, they have to accept it. It is just a small domestic extension in a garden after all, not a multi storey car park in Epping forest....

The military put people through lots of driving lessons and tests, how is this done? Same principal I would have thought? I see no reason why you couldn't, like you say, if he needs to drive for his job and have a license to do so, how is it any different from paying for his cs30 etc?

New list Arran Joe, Allister, Roy, Jack Jake Barry Chris Have I missed anyone.... If anyone has any spare gear they can bring along, or harnesses of any sort that would be helpful. Ref Joe's aerial rescue suggestion, which I think is a great idea for anyone who wants to take part, I think I can sort out a clean stem that pole rescue could be practised on as well if anyone wants

My bro in law has one of those foam roller things, damn near crippled me but he swears by it

Send me your email and I can forward the details then.

I think that would a brilliant idea Joe, especially beneficial for me having never done an aerial course I never know what people get to climb, I see the vids posted on here and they look awful big compared to what I'm used to!

Good stuff. Imagine what a berk you'd feel if you spent all your savings getting a load of tickets and them finding you didn't like the job and couldn't get any work... Those who are able to afford to get all their tickets and insurances before they start work are very fortunate. However not everyone has the luxury of that head start, many have to work for every single penny. And fair play to them I wouldn't want to undermine that effort by suggesting they shouldn't be doing the work.

As can an architect the other way, common uk tree and soil types and behaviours form part of the environmental science element of even just an hnc in construction. How much building technology is taught in an ARB course? I'd imagine no more than the equivalent at best? A planning application is the most basic of things, draw a picture of a house, the planners either like it or they don't. Sure, there are certain requirements but these are all published so I dare say an ARB could do planning without even having to copy other's work. The interaction between trees and new developments is far more clean cut than a tree survey. The tree either stays, in which case the development is built sufficiently far away such that neither harm each other, or the tree goes. If it's staying, protect it, RPA is easy to calculate, canopy protection even easier. If it's going, cut it off and dig it out. I'm not trying to oversimplify things, just avoid over complicating them.

If we get a nice day it should be lovely. Pub is booked for brekky There are some nice trees on the farm, but I've climbed very few of them.... be as good an opportunity for me as anyone

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