Gary Prentice

Hey, I tried the pen's for scale.

Think that comes from Lithuania

Sorry David, I should have said, the gills/flesh was brilliant white

I think that I should know these! Couldn't see the stipe as they were so small, but with gills

I think he might have cr%&*ed all over it too

Peter, the Head Forester at Burleigh, has had similar issues with the horse trials and all the vehicles that attend the events. His solution was to tip woodchip by the wagon load up to a foot thick in places. It was still ongoing when I went, but the reduction in compaction even after two years was really significant, both in petrometer readings and improvement within the tree canopies.

Great photos and well documented.

Things were a little bit different fifteen or twenty years back.

Had an unbraked Vermeer chipper with an ever so slightly worn ball on the vehicle. Going downhill when it bounced off and chased us! Thankfully the driver was observant and managed to bring everything safely to a standstill.

Is that Brasso in the background? replacement cutting compound?

So possibly 20 years since the injury? That's a hell of a long time to adapt. If the large diameter deadwood is at low levels it could be due to overshading by the surrounding trees and/or loss of hydraulic connectivity due to the damage. Does it appear ongoing in the form of retrenchment or historical? A change in the surroundings/loss of companion shelter might raise concern, but oaks durable & from the photos they look to be growing with a moderate level of vitality. I would be fairly confident, from the information provided and my armchair, to do nothing.

Ain't this this the way things should be? Working together and helping each other out rather than undercutting and competing against each, racing to the bottom. I've never met Bod, but he comes across on here as a straight up, decent bloke. Hopefully I'll get the opportunity to meet him, and you, at some point, shake hands and share a few pints at some point. With all the bad news/ selfish and bad people about it restores my faith reading posts like this.

Rubbish. A good groundsman will work with a climber, anticipate the climbers needs and pretty much know what the climber will do next before the climber even knows. A climber can't rig Trees proficiently and quickly without a good 'lad' at the other end of the rope. A good groundsman manages the site, allowing the climber to climb and concentrate on his part of the job. I was was taught to climb by a groundsman who didn't climb, worked both up and down trees and employed my own ground staff. The only thing I ever learnt was that climbers tend to be prima donnas and think everyone beneath them are literally beneath them. Also the hardest graft is generally on the floor. If your groundsman crap, he's either the wrong man or you haven't treated or trained him properly to work together as a team. I'm not trying to upset anyone, just my experience over the last three decades.

Populus candicans aurora is probably the most commonly found. I can't find a picture of the bark after a very quick search.

So you've lived a very sheltered life?

Updates on, and more,fungi information IIRC

So a TPO is made to protect a local amenity, is lost, the LA get involved in a prosecution and then Central Govt coffers benefit. It's no wonder some legal departments are reluctant to prosecute contraventions. wouldn't it make more sense to funnel the penalties for loss of amenity back into the local area, in the form of ring fenced funding for planting and an increase in local canopy cover?

A bit off track, but in a TPO contravention and a guilty verdict, where does the fine actuallly go? Does the LA benefit or does the cash go elsewhere?

Where did you find this Stubby? ive never seen one.

Sorry, searching on my phone and missed that bit. TSO bookshop says it 'might' be available to order (probably unlikely though. This book went out of stock quickly, I bought it a couple of years ago to update my original copy with no problems. I'll keep an eye out, but otherwise sorry I've exhausted my usual sources.

Summerfield books have a copy

Be happy it didn't go further, no break away cable is considered pretty serious.

Justify?

Now this is why people (allegedly) aren't posting on the forum. Mark's probably curled up in a corner, shaking and fighting the tears after you've intimidated him - shame on you. Or he's pee'd himself laughing...