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And it goes on a trailer behind a 4x4 and it fits through a garden gate.... Its not pretending to be a big boy, but it can go where they can’t and do work they can’t reach ???

My builder mate was well impressed with it, never seen the like before! Ive been stuck a time or 2! Always managed to push out in the end although one occasion was really dicy - it was on its belly!!

? was all made up soil ??s, nightmare finding a base. At least I know it’s done right now.

Thought about it!

Ground works last week.... Mud! Horrible mud!

Thats what I base my proposal on ??s I guess Vesp’s man Rory is thankful he was able to ‘move on’ before being held to his word about fixing MoJ problems. Classic public sector really...

How’s that workin out so far....? take the existing MoJ budget and carve it up thus: first time offenders - get lions share of budget for rehab. 2 time offenders - benefit from existing jail facilities 3 and subsequent time offenders - in the quarry

Hard labour, splitting rocks in a quarry, earn your food and rest through compliance.

I think you’re not far off Vesp.

Interesting - I hope you’re wrong.

You see it as America ramping it up Mark? Seems an odd way to look at it (unless you think the tanker attacks were a CIA op?)

I’ve never had any liking for her particular brand of ‘humour.’ With luck, and as a show of proportionality with recent examples, I won’t have to suffer seeing her on HIGNFY in the future...

Done. Only question - what was your rationale for classifying firewood as high and low grade? Accepting that certain types of wood command a higher price, would we be better trying to inculcate a change in attitude such that all wood is recognised as a usable resource rather than perpetuating the accepted norm? Or is that just optimistic?

Mheh! I’m undeniably jealous.... Nothing growing of any note here - still feels like Winter ?

Oh no, I’m afraid of the answer before I even ask the question.... Is that badger protection or badger culling.... Depending on the answer, it could be the end of a beautiful friendship before it’s even had a chance to blossom...

Ah, I should have linked to Khrissssss' post for that to make any sense! Bats - We've got 2! As I discovered after an eco mate found fresh poo upstairs in the barn. So far they're likely to have cost about £250 each since the planning app for the barn conversion required a bat survey - which found the 2 after several hours of watching and listening (with audio gadgets) and 2 weeks of remote audio sensors in the barn. Now need another emergent (sunset) survey to absolutely pin down where they are emerging from after the initial indications of the first survey. It was quite cathartic to sit quietly for about 2 hours from 30 mins before sunset focussing on 1 particular area of roof. Can't remember the last time I sat quietly for 2 hours and just listened to the world....

Good old Sunday night bale wrap burn.... custodian's of the countryside ?

Been here a fortnight - 3 weeks. Seems a lot busier than last year.

...and avoid any future large diameter stem cuts

You present a compelling argument Mark....

Some interesting pieces there Pete.... Certainly 1 I'll keep an eye on!

He's a bloke (albeit objectionable to many - and I can't help but wonder if that is a product of their own bias and prejudice) who took the only steps he felt were open to him as a white, working class man with no effective political representation within the existing system to express and highlight the personal concerns that he felt were dominating his life. Yes he may have been part of a collective which is viewed as football hooliganism, but that was his 'tribe.' There was no other tribe speaking for him or available to him - in his view. There are 100,000's across the nation in that tribe and that led to the establishment and growth of the EDL with the common sense of purpose derived from football. Within that tribe there are elements of hooliganism, crime, drugs and hard racism - what a laugh, I could just as easily be describing any of the current political parties! I'd challenge anyone that has (a) read his book and (b) listened to his Oxford Union address to present a case for despising him based upon anything other than their own bias and prejudice - and that is where the greatest irony and hypocrisy will be exposed. The anger directed towards him should rightly fall at the feet of the politicians that allowed the circumstances to arise where 100,000's of dissatisfied citizens turned their backs on mainstream politics and subscribed to EDL in the absence of any viable alternative. Not at all mucker, they both present very credible opinions and they have both been the subject of systemic and societal persecution for expressing those views. It only 'appears' that I have more affinity for TR rather than MN because TR gets (IMHO an unjustified) bashing by certain elements because of who he is rather than what he says. If there were threads or posts hating MN that would immediately be classified as racist because of his ethnic origin rather than what he had said. I'd be just as keen to highlight the need to open the ears and close the eyes whilst listening to his message as I seem to be for TR. We've had this discussion before, TR is immediately perceived as being horrible little tnuc, but that is very easily used to mask the validity and necessity of what he actually says. His very existence, the rapid and widespread national establishment of the EDL and his continued exposure of apparent systemic societal imbalance is a PRODUCT of political failure.

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Why would you assume I’m ‘taken in?’ He is what he is, might we say “a product of the system” as the system influenced him.... Please don’t assume that I am taken in, a fan, a follower or a supporter of his personal doctrine. I am no more, or less, a fan of him than I am of Majid Nawaz - I find myself agreeing and disagreeing with both in fairly equal measure. The one thing they definitely both have in common is that they hold, and freely express, what might be considered as controversial, but well considered and articulated opinions. And THAT is what those brave souls charged up the beech to preserve - it’s not for the likes of us to decide who gets to express an opinion.