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  1. Paul in the woods
    Who's closing the door? We import far more from the EU than we export so if they don't take our lamb are we going to buy their cars, wine, cheese, logs etc? And if Brexitamageddon happens and the pound falls dramatically the lamb will be very cheap to export. Being Brexit/Remain fence sitter I do hope we get a better debate from both sides if we end up having another nevereferendum. Going back to logs, if we use more UK sourced trees I expect the tracability is better. Anyone see this on the BBC? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-46377993/the-romanian-forest-that-s-disappearing
  2. Paul in the woods
    This has been a useful thread. Recently I've converted our multifuel stove to wood only (basically removing the grate). It seems to burn the wood much better but I've now got the problem of the fly ash settling on the glass. When the grate was in and I only burned wood there didn't seem to be much of a problem with ash on the glass. I close the bottom vents once the fire is going and tend to leave the top, air-wash, vent open most of the time.
  3. Paul in the woods
    Which are more than funded by the money we put in. That's one of many things I don't get about the EU is why do we have to put money in only to get it out again minus an admin charge? It's a bit like going to the pub with £10. If you follow the EU model you give the £10 to someone and they buy you £8's worth of drinks. By the way, you may want bitter but under the EU rules you can only have lager as we all need to follow the same standards...
  4. Paul in the woods
    I never know if I should reply to such threads as I'm not a trained arb but in this case I will. My first question is are you trained in first aid and do you know how to use the items? For example, it seems common these days for kits to contain a tourniquet and I had no idea of the correct way to use one until I did a course. Sorry if that sounds rude but I would have thought a course would provide a list of items? I'm not keen on clotting granules as I they can damage eyes so I prefer clotting dressings. I buy single items from https://medtree.co.uk/ and I note many of the arb shops sell suitable kits.
  5. Paul in the woods
    Hover over a user's name or profile pic in a post and a box should appear with the option to "ignor user" at the bottom. (It does on a PC).
  6. Paul in the woods
    I'm surprised you arb types are not all millionaires by now... If you're looking to bring a rustic quality to your home, then this bundle of birchwood is the perfect piece for you! https://www.anthropologie.com/en-gb/shop/decorative-birch-bundle 20 'pieces' for £40.
  7. Paul in the woods
    It might be worth you asking your local wildlife trust if they know of any.
  8. Paul in the woods
    Have you seen this? https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/managing-ash-in-woodlands-in-light-of-ash-dieback-operations-note-46
  9. Paul in the woods
    It's been a couple of years since I used the software but didn't have problems with the mapping. I did find a few problems I raised with their support and found them helpful. I'm not sure the FC would be able to help much with the ash as it will depend on what you want from your woodland. It seems likely to me that Chalara will wipe out most ash so I would seriously look at diversifying it asap. I'm mainly concentrating on removing ash from my woodlands this winter.
  10. Paul in the woods
    I've got a few more acres than 3 and the FC also didn't seem that interested. What website did yours point you to? I created a management plan using the myForest - https://sylva.org.uk/myforest/home and found it fairly straight forward. It helped understand the woodland and get a better idea of what to do with it.
  11. Paul in the woods
    I also wonder how many 'certified' installs have been done correctly and have no issues?
  12. Paul in the woods
    If you call your existing insurance and discus the new quote with them they may match it or at least offer a discount.
  13. Paul in the woods
    https://www.stihl.co.uk/safety-data-sheets.aspx
  14. Paul in the woods
    Or even £89 - https://hyundaipowerequipment.co.uk/p1pe-p6220c-62cc-20-petrol-chainsaw-powered-by-hyundai/
  15. Paul in the woods
    That confused me, it may be that 66% is a dry basis number, so about 40% wet basis*. Some of the details would appear not from the UK or for stoves. I know apple wood smells nice on an open fire but on a stove it shouldn't be letting fumes into the room. *https://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/FC-BEC-InfoSheet-Wood-as-Fuel-TechSupp-REVISED.pdf/$FILE/FC-BEC-InfoSheet-Wood-as-Fuel-TechSupp-REVISED.pdf
  16. Paul in the woods
    I've had this issue with Makita chainsaws in the UK. There are still large companies advertising Makita chainsaws as having a 3 year warranty. I don't think it's obvious what the warrenty is when you look at Makita's site either, I did email them and they confirmed it is only one year.
  17. Paul in the woods
    I think Neil means open the room door, not the stove door. That shouldn't cause the stove too many problems?
  18. Paul in the woods
    It depends, I note from the HETAS FAQs you should get it swept twice a year, and not burn pine, etc etc. So, if you have two stoves that's £200 and if you have a fire and you've used pine would you be covered? I'm a bit worried where it'll end up, will you only be able to burn wood from a HETAS approved supplier in future, even if you have your own source of wood and are able to season it. No mention of annual HETAS checks though. https://www.hetas.co.uk/consumer/faqs/
  19. Paul in the woods
    Perhaps Spud needs to hire an apprentice? A new potato, so to speak.
  20. Paul in the woods
    Just like people! The answer to tablets is get a Lab, our just eats them and would eat the packet given half a chance.
  21. Paul in the woods
    Yep, I really like it if the specimen isn't too old and with a bit of careful cleaning.
  22. Paul in the woods
    Could it have been a pine tree? There's needles about and it looks like Sparassis crispa.
  23. Paul in the woods
    They're not Chanterelles, at a guess could they be some form of Omphalotus?
  24. Paul in the woods
    I've been looking at those traps for rats as we also don't like using poison (we're surrounded by owls and don't want to risk them and I'm also not keen of rotting rodents in the loft!). I don't think the A18 trap has been approved for grey squirrel in the UK yet, the approval date seems to keep getting pushed back.
  25. Paul in the woods
    Interesting Stubby, is the barrel drilled all the way up or is that just an over the barrel mod? Is the chamber 3"? Just curious as I quite like .410s One thing I've found with using a shotgun is some squirrels can be very wise, either scampering out of range, hiding round the back of a tree or in dense ivy. If you've got loads of 'em I expect you'd get the numbers down greatly.

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