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Youj can get webbing attachment systems for most vid cams nowadays. Not sure about the petzl but I now Go Pro make an attachment for bike helmets.

Yeah, but bike helmets are different material to our lids.

They look really great.

Petzl and I think peltor make stickers for their lids, but I dont know what adhesive they use. (I'm Putting some Hi Vis reflective Petzl stickers on my Vertex and Husqy ground helmets) I don't know why people claim that putting stickers on lids degrades the protection, on several sites I have worked on(as a Joiner) some form of sticker to say tou'd signed the safety book was compulsory, and they are the same material, same EN Number etc.

Me too, Also not sure of the difference between FISA and AFAG

I've grabbed a few lengths of green ash, and I'm currently in the process of re handeling all my Tools, I use two surforms, one course one fine, and a hand axe.

Thanks Callum. As I said, I want something between a BTEC and a degree, and looking around the choice is astounding, Scottish School of Forestry, or Scottish school of forestry. Looking for something to give me more confidence and knowledge in the day to day work, while I get the qualification that will enable me to get in at the surveyer/ecologist level. Relaxed style sounds just what I need, I'm more than capable of the workload IF I can get on with it in my own time to the deadlines. Thanks syd

Too right, 30 mins a fourtnight and you get £60 a week, bloody good if you ask me.

So you just ring up and say you own the barn on the lane off the unnamed road at sq123321, can I have a postcode please? I'd go for it under the permited development rules for woodland and then try and blag it that you dont live there all year round, if you have a reletive that is willing for you to use their postal address then all the better, but then I'd go for a log cabin/toolstore so it would be a bit different I suppose.

How about old hessian/wool carpet? upside down the brown/khaki isnt too obtrusive, and after a few months the grass grows back through it.

Do they make the same "observations" to taxi drivers? £4 for a 1 mile trip, but he has to cover his overheads the same as everyone else. I think its the perception, because someone is charging £650 a day, they are making loads of money. No one is that bothered to find out how much a new 550xp is, or to replace the aging chipper will probably cost several grand.

Thanks paul. I may do the Treelife level 6 when I've finnished the degree, but I think combined it will be too much.

Thanks paul. I found this which is quite useful for me Which means I'll be able to study the HNC Arboriculture & Urban Forestry at inverness without impacting on my other studies, though the workload will be considerable, as I'll be staying in student digs, and I have very little interest in going out getting smashed anymore, it looks like I should be able to find the time.

It looks like being a 1 year HNC at the Scottish School of Forestry, inverness. Any more and it gets complicated, but I'm hoping that will give me the hands on skill to work in woodland/forestry managment along with my degree in environment management. I'm also looking at the bolt on stuff for ecological surveys and bat handling.

Thanks

Does anyone know the difference between the two? I've been looking at what comes after I've finished the BTEC at Myerscough college, and it looks like the HND isn't available in England, and the foundation degree isn't available north of the border. I'm loath to start a degree course, basically that's because I'm already doing a degree with the open university and it will mess up funding for both courses, but I want to get as much industry training as I can. The HND looks like it is a level below the foundation degree, so I will get funding from a different pot, but with different levels of support because Scotland has different rules for students than England. Which is more "hands on", and is either one regarded differently in the eyes of perspective employers? Cheers for answering more of my questions about the industry.

I shop online as much as I can, for normal day to day stuff, and I normally check prices of things I need, its a lot more convenient than trudging around a generic town center and/or mega chain store just to find you cant get the exact item your looking for anyway. The nearest arb dealer is about 50 miles away, but there are garden machinery shops within 10 miles, its just a case of ringing the closest and asking if they have X item in stock, and working outwards, if not going online and looking for it. As others have said, you need to decide if the £50 you save is worth the hassle of not getting your kit serviced in a reasonable time if it ever needs it, or if you are willing to go a little out of your way to sort kit out locally, and normally a lot quicker than internet only, or bricks and mortar shops at the other end of the country. I know its not arb, but recently I went into a candle shop, looking specifically for a few different scents, the lady in the shop was rude and patronizing, and tried selling me stuff that was no where near appropriate for the use. I then went into a £land shop, where the assistant was helpful and polite, and took me strait to what I was looking for, then offered to help me carry the items to the checkout. IMHO, this is the reason a lot of smaller shops are going out of business, not internet market places like amazon and evilbay, or even the ability to compete.

Just think, boy racers spend a fortune trashing their chariots to get the same effect your getting for nowt, nice one.

While I've been waiting for the assessment I've been given the new schedule to learn. Nothing like making things easy is there?

I didn't realise they were self funding now, do they still have the powers they had before? it is scary that you could turn into a cash cow for them without any comeback.

You mean champion dont you?

I'd happily trade, its hard finding gear for long waist and smallish legs. £"80 for pfanners is a bloody good buy, I'll have a gander there now.

That doesnt effect me as I only use it as kindling at home and when camping I have a few split pieces in the fire making kit so I know I have some dry wood to start a fire/ make a brew with.

Depends if anything else is in there, and if you shut the door, but if I were you I'd lay them out in neet piles rather than bag them up.

The stretch airs are worth it tho, one of the guys I'm at college with has a pair of Rail spec Class 1 trousers and they are bloody sweety compared to the stretch airs. Buxtons did have an offer on them as well but couldn't tell you if they still do.