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Sounds about right. I take it you have no objections to my using them for this?

A word of warning... I bought the JCB Sitemaster 2 full price a couple of years ago. It is advertised as "Guaranteed tough". I had it in my pocket when I climbed up onto the back of the Transit tipper. The screen cover (not the screen itsself mind) cracked. I sent it in for repair under the guarantee and was told by the repair centre that they would not repair or replace it because it appeared to have had an "impact" which was excluded from the guarantee. The phone is still usable albeit with sellotaped-up screen cover. Buyer beware. If you can find one cheap it may be worth considering. There are plenty of used options for basic tough phones, try Nokia 5100 or 5210 if you want to go old school.

I composed this Ready Reckoner wallchart of common decay fungi. Feel free to download it. Fair use rationale: Images were sourced from those freely available online, for academic non-commercial use. Decay Fungi Ready Reckoner GS 160407.pdf

Apologies if this is innapropriate advertising, no doubt mods will remove it if this is the case It strikes me that back/shoulder injuries are common with tree workers. From my own experience, a course of several accupuncture treatments can be very effective to remedy this. I can reccommend a fellow in Colliers Wood, South London. He operates a multi-bed clinic. This means: you're in a big room and there may be other people lying there with needles stuck in them. It also means he can offer a very affordable price of £20 for full body treatment. Liam Bennett BSc Hons Acupuncture O7963 O65 651 Location: Yuan Centre, Atlasta Hall Colwood Gardens, Colliers Wood SW19 2DT 5 mins walk from Colliers Wood Tube or park at the nearby retail park on Tandem Way, 3 hours free parking. Note: Multi-bed clinic is only on thursdays

Sub-contractor groundsman/climber currently working for one fellow part-time and looking for more contacts. Own vehicle, clean license. PPE & Climbing Kit. Based in Brixton/Streatham SW2, willing to travel up to an hour. PM or call/text O778O 573 551

Sub-contractor groundsman/second climber. CS30,31,38 & 39 Driver (3.5t) Based in South London SW2 4 years experience Got my Foundation Degree in Arb this year; qualified for survey/inspection etc work but still grafting on the tools till the opportunity comes along. Current company took on a full-timer so they have less to offer me now. pm or O778O 573 551

Hi all, I have completed the foundation degree in arb at plumpton college. we covered BS5837 and tree inspection for health & safety / landowner's public liability under our arb planning module. The CAD package we were taught in order to produce plans for this was Vectorworks :-/ Now, welcome to the real world. Landscape architects and planning officers want reports in DWG format which effectively means using AutoCAD. Can anyone point me in the direction where I can learn to use this very powerful and adaptable program for the specific purpose of BS5837? There is no point in me doing a CAD course and learning about 3D engineering design. In our CAD course at college we arbs were stuck in along with the garden designers and taught how to produce colourful plans for poncy posh clients Online souces would be good. alternatively I am based in london but would consider something out of my area say, 2-day intensive course. Any advice would be humbly appreciated.

I was thinking that myself. Tooting Bec Common (where this tree was) is a nice spot for watching bats at dusk. Mind you, I was up on Streatham Common not too long ago when a monolithed Horse Chestnut come crashing down with an almighty bang over a fairly busy footpath on a day where loads of people were about, so I can't really blame the TO for erring on the side of caution as regards safety/liability in this situation.

I took these photos yesterday. Here is your answer.....

Not bad. I finished my degree. Didn't walk straight into a job but its rare for that to happen. I've got an environmental consultancy wanting to interview me for arb (and possibly ecology) survey/inspection type work so fingers crossed really. I'd really like to work in the kind of environment you guys have at North London Open Spaces (for example)---good mix of survey/inspection/management and hands-on stuff. However I'm not sure how I would get a better level of climbing experience without going back into commercial, physical arb work full-time which i'm not too sure i want to do tbh. hmmm.... Indeed. I should go and have a closer look at it when this weather eases up. I would have to ask the TO as it's not a tree I'm working on. I do know that it had a high "pollard type" reduction a number of years ago. Last year it had foliage and this year it had none. So, I guess the reduction was done when some decay had already set in, to reduce the sail area (there are no buildings in the immediate viscinity i.e. no other reason to reduce) and that the decay progressed far enough to kill the tree.

Unusually large bracket fungi on the base of a now-dead poplar... about 800mm across! As you can see in the second picture the bracket is rigid enough to support the weight of my anonymous assistant. I'm thinking it's Rigidoporus ulmarius. Opinions?

Four years experience, mostly ground but some climbing. Own PPE and climbing kit but no chainsaws. Own vehicle. I've been largely stuck behind a computer writing essays for the last two years but i have my Foundation Degree to show for it. I'm applying for tree survey/junior consultant jobs but still eager to get back on the tools and up trees. Ultimately I'd like to work in a role where I can combine the arb theory with practical skills. O778O 573 551 Gavin

Maybe this is a little late to help the original poster but i thought i might offer my 2p worth anyhow... Speak for yourself. I've just finished Foundation Degree (though not at Myerscough) and quoted Watson's book in a multitude of essays. It is a good general reference book which is a legitimate academic reference for this level of course and I recommend it. The advice about google scholar is good. Check the results which have [PDF] or [DOC] next to them, that means there is a free copy of the paper to download without having an account with the online publisher, which in a lot of cases I didn't even have access to as a student. I don't know if Myerscough have access to a wider range of journals. Good luck with the application.

sorry folks, that went in the wrong thread and i can't seem to be able to edit or delete posts. admin, please feel free to move it.