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Thanks again for all the comments. DaltonTrees, thanks for the suggestions and a great post, that was exactly the type of information I was looking for. So I have now added to the list; Trees: Their Natural History by Peter Thomas or free in ebook form here. Woodland Management by Chris Starr Meetings with Remarkable Trees by Thomas Pakenham I had a little look and discovered that they are remaking Sylva and will release a new edition in 2014 with updated lingo and artworks. I also found the free version of the original thank you. Sylva (Vol1); Or a Discource of Forest Trees by John Evelyn in free ebook format.

Fair play. It does look a damn sight better than most living room decorations, thats for sure!

Wow! Its silly how lucky some of these people are. I'd be off to buy a lottery ticket or perhaps thats their luck all used up

Oooooo Beautiful Looking far too clean though, need to go get some mud on it

Thanks for the responses guys, will add those to my library. They look great Visual Tree Assessment by Claus Mattheck Modern Arboriculture by Alex Shigo Fundamentals of General Tree Work by Jerry Beranek Any suggestions for books on Forestry? Is Sylva; Or a discourse of Forest Trees by John Evelyn worth a read or is there a better suited book on the subject? I would be interested in books about woodland management too and perhaps some nice historical/folklore books for an easy enjoyable read. Keep them coming

I am new to this and just starting my training to get the practical skills to work my way into arboriculture. I understand that hands on experience is where the real skill development comes from and alongside this I want to learn the theory, as it were. It isn't feasible for me to go to college to study at the moment however I am very interested to improve my knowledge of trees, woodlands and all associated topics in my own time. I love to read. I am currently at a little bit of a loss as to where to start with my reading as there is lots of material out there, much of which is above my level currently(assume I know nothing ). I want to generate a good knowedge of all the fundamentals so that I have a good foundation to build on for the future. There is soo much literature out there and I imagine many of you have read much of it and possess your own personal arb libraries, so I wondered if I could tap your experience and see what you would recommend to get going. A chance to sculpt a budding arborist What general topics are there to be covered? Which books would you suggest for general understanding of each? Which books would you suggest as an introduction into more specific areas? To date my library contains; The Secret Life of Trees by Colin Tudge [ame=http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0002120356/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1]Field Guide to the Trees of Britian and Northern Europe by Alan Mitchell[/ame] Trees in Britian by A.L.Howard

That's impressve the finish he gets having just used a hatchet and about 10minutes of his time.

It is a real tree and bike. Located in Vashon Island, Washington. It has had new parts added to it because it is a tourist attraction and looked previously like this: I had wondered how there still appeared to be pressure in the front tyre after a century.

Looking forward to episode 1 Movie maker is free and easy to use as mentioned although I liked the older version better than the current one.

*hand up*

Strong message there.

..and the sun shining out of the antlers?!

Nice wee vid man.

:lol:

That looks lethal. I imagine it wouldn't take me longer than a day to lose most of my fingers on that machine.

That is a piece of art! Looking good.

Well done dog. Big juicy bone for him. They'll be back though so implementing some of the ideas above would be a good call.

First time I have seen your photos and they are stunning. Best of luck for your show and have no doubt you will sell lots of these prints. Reminds me of the photography in [ame=http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Beauty-Trees-Michael-Jordan/dp/1780873263/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=8Q5HI7E1H0OK&coliid=I31JK5MLPH5GP5]The Beauty of Trees[/ame] book by Michael Jordan

Stunning day up here. Crisp, clear and fresh with a big warm slice of sunshine

Ok, so I am learning

Looks like it will go forever, a proper sturdy truck. Loving the relevant number plate too

very nice looking piece of wood

I am in a similar situation to yourself at the moment and have started to go down the self-employed route also. I want to retrain and develop the skills to work in the trees and going self employed then sub contracting yourself out to local firms seems a better option because finding a company to take you on as an apprentice and assist with putting you through training whilst working for minimum wage has proved exceedingly difficult for me. Have been in touch with my local citizens advice bureau who guided me towards a few local charities and trusts who could help with low cost loans and grants for retraining. You will be able to open an ILA account which gives you £200 a year to put towards training, I have used mine to book onto a course to do my Chipper ticket, which is totally covered by it and gets me on the first limb of the tree . The most helpful one for me is the Princes Trust who here in Scotland have the PSYBT which is to help young unemployed people get the foot up (financially aswell as with relevant business skills) to start their own business and acquire the skills(in this case the nptc tickets) and tools needed to begin. I am soon to go on a 4 day course about business skills, run by them for free, and then will be assigned a mentor to help put together a business plan before going in front of their panel to see if they will support me with some of their start up grants. (upto a potential £4k I believe) I have been very impressed with the Princes Trust so far and would recommend you getting in touch with them to see what they can do for you. It seems that Arboriculture is a hard field to break into but I believe you can do anything if you want it good enough and believe in yourself in a calm and assertive way. Personally I feel at my easiest and best in nature and that attitude combined with gradually gaining the experience needed will let me acheive what I want to. Best of luck to you and hope some of that helps you to start in the right direction.

Was thinking the other way round on this one, most cycling/jogging tops are going to do the job of a tight(ish) fit breathable top just aswell if not better than the Stein and the cycling ones tend to have reflective bits too. Get down to decathalon and you can pick up similar style of tops for less than half that price.