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No, in my case it was never a public footpath, just a private path that I allowed a few people in the village to use in return for them reporting any interesting wildlife or people acting with bad intent. Newcomers to the village who saw others using the path then tried to claim it was now public because it had been used for over ten years, but they had no evidence of this.

The problem is that there is no real trespass law in the UK, and people can be on anybody's land, even in your own garden , and if they are not causing actual physical damage or nuisance which can be proven in a court, there is not much you can do about it. With the police not even bothering to come out to burglaries any more, there is not much hope with trying to prosecute trespass

Rule 1 Never turn your back on a bull Rule 2 Never walk into a field of cattle or sheep with dogs even on a lead especially with calves or lambs, unless they have been trained for the purpose. As for foot paths, we have one going across a boring 90 acre field that is often cold and windy with no special views and diminished hedges as they do not grow well in those conditions it used to be for the children in a neighbouring hamlet to walk a shortcut to the school in our village. Both the school and the hamlet no longer exist and nobody uses the footpath anymore but we have to maintain it and cut a path through the crops each year, just for what? We also have a very pleasant private footpath through some woodland down to a lake which I initially allowed a few villagers to use. Other people then started to use it and I put up signs saying “Private Land, Permissive Footpath “ but this was not enough and some knob in the village has challenged me that because it has been continuously used for over ten years it is now a public footpath. He has no evidence of this but now I have been told by the NFU to erect a fence and gate at the beginning of the path that must be closed once a year. Most of the people using the path are very reasonable and appreciate the farm and report to me any suspicious activity or dangerous trees or just interesting airings of wildlife, especially otters and kingfishers on the lake. They are the ones that keep their dogs under control and I welcome them

He is having a bum trip but doesn't give a fork.

Sunrise

Following on from that one, we named this log today “Boris” firstly because it looks a bit of a prick and secondly because it will be burnt shortly!

Been running this saw for some time with no issues, but have been cross cutting some dry Yew logs. The chips seem to be smaller than other logs and I think some must have found their way down the right side of the lever where it goes down to the switch. Anyway it will not turn off when the lever is pushed forward. I have turned the saw upside down and given it a good shake and blow with the airline and can only assume that some wood chip has lodged inside the on off switch. Anyone else had this problem?

So far so good, no issues

Where was Keto when you needed him?

I assume the reason that you sent back the Hakki after two weeks was that you could not get on with the chainsaw. My Palax Combi seems very similar to the Kisa and the only thing I would add is that if you are cutting logs of over 11 inch diameter and about 8 to 10 feet long they are very heavy to deal with. But maybe I am just becoming old and weak unlike all you fit young hunks!

This guy seems to be putting some dry stuff through ok and although I usually use fresh cut branches I cannot see why there would be any trouble. I notice that this machine like mine has a yellow safety frame to cut out the tractor if necessary, but these machine are not like chippers which will pull you in if some loose clothing becomes caught up in a branch, I can hold on to the branch and stop it at any point. The Ukrainian machine does not appear to have a safety frame.

Damn, I thought everyone had forgotten that!

Me too and no problems, the TR70 was stolen so you need to find the current villains and I hope they have found a lump of steel fencing in a branch that has knackered their machine!

Couple of other options This one has never yet been found wanting And this one, why bother cutting into rounds in the first place!

Totally agree with you!

Fiskars X27 and work around the edge.

Recommend these Wiltec lifting tongs

Perhaps Steve Bullman can advise?

So Mr Nepia, I assume that you can see the video but Stubby and others say they cannot unless I post it on YouTube. This video was taken on my iPhone and posted via the usual “click to add image or file”. Do you or anybody else know what the problem is and how to solve it?

Long Tail Tits out in force amongst the queue of other hungry birds this chilly morning. IMG_2369.MOV

This has happened before when I posted an attachment, some Arbtalk era could see it and others like you could not. Anybody know the reason? I put them up on YouTube and then there is no problem

Put a new chain on the Stihl MSA220C electric today which I have done many times before, but this Stihl chain seems to cut like a demon with large long chips Wednesday morning chain as opposed to a Friday evening one? IMG_2365.MOV IMG_2367.MOV

I started with the B&S version but it was stolen thank goodness so bought a pto version for my Little Grey Fergie which was more powerful and cheaper. If there was a difficult branch with a big knot it would break the shear pin, which was tedious but I now run the petrol Fergie on idle so it stalls before the pin shears. They do an amazing amount of loggings in a very short time and my advice would be to grade a stack of branches, hire a machine for a day and someone to assist. The amount of "Kindling" you create will last a long time Equipment Hire | Witherslack Woodworks WWW.WITHERSLACKWOODWORKS.CO.UK