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Mick Dempsey

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  1. Been dipping in and out. Pitch is obviously a bit batsman friendly. I don’t think Test Cricket will survive another decade in its current form. Games like this don’t really help either.
  2. They mostly hate you John, sorry to break it to you like.
  3. It is interesting that’s all, 14 years of being on here, regularly posting.
  4. I had to tag myself (as Le Sanglier) to find out, if you see what I mean.
  5. As @Le Sanglier October 2010.
  6. Wordle 1,209 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  7. Different times for sure. A lot has changed as we’ve become more au fait with internet chatter.
  8. Igor is almost back to normal. Vets tomorrow for a look see In the meantime I have upgraded his travelling arrangements!
  9. Wordle 1,208 X/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩
  10. It depends, as they say. Certain types of trees will tolerate that sort of hard pruning very well. Limes, planes and some others. Beech are not on that list. It’s likely that your beech has a TPO, and is already subject to a pruning regime, albeit a much more gentle one than you imagined. Any chance of more photos?
  11. Wordle 1,207 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  12. Slowly but surely thanks for asking, swelling has gone down a lot, he spends a lot of time without his collar on, just at night or when he attacks it in earnest. He’s happier and more settled, which is the main thing.
  13. Wordle 1,204 6/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  14. Hell of a week John!
  15. In a way it isn’t, at least for the purists who think pollards should be started at an early age, this started as a topping/reduction. But very little, if any, rot in the pollard heads, so all good for the moment.
  16. This lime was a maiden that I started a pollard cycle in 2008 ish. First two pics (with blue pick up) are of its first ‘repollard’ in 2015. Last three are today’s job. The original couple I worked for are deceased, so their three sons use it as a holiday home, which has a nice continuity to it. Almost certainly the last time in this tree.
  17. Wordle 1,202 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  18. You can reduce and put in cabling or strops to hold them together. That could cost the same as a removal. Depends how much you want to keep the tree.
  19. Opining from photos is always tricky. But no, if it’s threatening property, it’s not fine, it’s likely to fail.
  20. Wordle 1,200 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Good start there Doug, as a contrast….
  21. Got rain here, hoping not too heavy as we’re going for it. Not a big job so we’ll try and power through. Igor healing nicely, getting used to the routine. He’s coming to work today so that’ll make him happy.
  22. Synthetic 5w/30
  23. Looks more like a purple plum. maybe Phellinus Pomaceus?

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