Steven P

That's what I reckon too, sent 'the boy' to chop the tree down, shown him how it was done, marked the cuts on the tree, probably drove him up there on the quad bike (it is about a mile round trip to a car park otherwise), never without doubt the boy didn't go alone and for a bit of a laugh. Farmer and his son my thoughts, and probably snapped at the weekend when he'd either had a field gate blocked by a walkers car or had to pull over in his tractor to let someone pass for one too many times. Remove the tree... remove the walkers...

Depends how friendly you all are round your way, a 5 minute chat when they drop off waste might see you picking up the odd job helping them out or able to pick up an extra hand if you're busy.. or they might be scouting you out to undercut you.... depends how friendly they are

Thinking about this last night, and not to create a villain until convicted of course, but a suitable punishment would include purchasing, planting and caring for a new tree in the spot. Perhaps to care for it till the tree reaches lets say 10 years old.. and if it dies.... reset to the start, plant a new one till it gets to 10 - the lad maybe has to visit the tree once a month.... I'd be a bit lenient and mandate that the lad also attends and passes a course in Arboriculture, plus whatever fines and so on that the court would normally set. Sounds easy till it is February 5 years on and he has to haul himself out of bed in the snow to check on a tree

Almost as if there was someone else up there with him (allegedly of course) showing him what to do. Just a thought, it is quite a bare part of the country, not a lot of people living there, though I can't say for sure and without knowing exactly but I'd be putting a bet on that the lads family farm the land, of close to this spot and have finally been inconvenienced by walkers walking to see this tree for the last time. Just a suspicion. Would also put a bet on his dad driving him up there on a quad bike, mid week when it is quiet for walkers, bad weather coming, and all that

That was quick Google!

Well, you can't. No trees....

16 year old boy... I suspect that there is a full grown adult somewhere behind this too - too convenient that a 16 year old has access, knowledge, skill and experience to do that and to take off on his own accord to cut a tree down

That's what I was thinking too.

For HS2, I don't understand the need to get to Birmingham quicker in the first place. If it was me, I'd be making an assessment of how much of this project is actually needed at the moment. Office based business has shown that they can work with meetings via the internets, I'd be guessing there is a reduced business demand now - and it would be business who will be banked on to pay the hundreds each journey for peak time travel. For leisure travel the time savings don't add up so much when you might want to travel by public transport to one of the hubs - Leeds or Manchester in the north - and this is where real time savings can be made. More frequent services, or some places, actual public transport - which would be a far better benefit to whole communities rather than the odd people who want to get to Birmingham quickly. Yup re-assess where to spend the money. But budget, I never believe any of the numbers they throw out for large infrastructure jobs.

For about £5 a litre for chain oil - the stuff designed for chains, to go on a £150 mini chain saw - why the discussion about used engine oils, hydraulic oils, and whatever else you might want to use. I might be able to understand a pro wanting to reduce costs and use economical measures but a 1l bottle or chain oil would probably outlast this saw. 2 or 3 choices here, for the difference in prices whatever you value your time at to read the discussion will far outweigh just buying one of these I reckon. Can even spread the payments with paypal Search Results WWW.SAM-TURNER.CO.UK No matching products found. Narrow By Sort by:Relevance Price: Low to high Price: High to low Items per page:24 36n48 Items per page:24 36 48 Items per page:24 36 48n Items per...

It is a little saw, not going to be going through much oil I think, price isn't going to be an issue really - I'd go for a basic Stihl oil, 1l bottle will last ages (my local dealer is a Stihl dealer)

I'd say if it is 100% a business vehicle then you can. If it gets private use then not 100%

Used to be that if it was a fixed camera you could request any footage that you appeared in, not sure how that goes with temporary cameras but I suspect that that rule still applies to them. So I guess you need to have the information of where to ask for the footage as well. As for fires, I can have a bonfire in the garden with any old wet rubbish, so long as the neighbour doesn't have washing out I'd be OK. Bring it 15m, and into the house and well..... Slightly off topic, I know a steam roller owner who'd had a bust gasket and had to stop on the road outside a house to make repairs. Anyway householder came out to complain when he was building his (smokeless fuel) fire up again - the kindling was making smoke! I think his answer was "Well, I'll put the fire out and camp here for the night then". A bit of acceptance can go a long way sometimes. He could have camped out on the verge and made his dinner on a wet campfire waving at the householder who could do nothing then!

Just a note but I wasn't sure which to reply to - I was running up the hills today, about an hour up and down, and in that time a local wood carver had pretty much turned a log into a caved eagle - and was having time to chat to the locals too - anyway I was impressed how quick and with experience it was made!

Yup, up to date with all the modern films me!!

Ahh, but when it comes to originality, you get what you give when quoting a 2000 year old book of fiction under the heading "Making the news today...", only saying.

I think this makes more sense to me with the guidance you are giving? The path of the righteous man is beset of all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil me. Blessed is he who, in the name of the charity and goodwill, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee. ?

Thanks, that shows my point perfectly, and others about off shore tidal generation. This single scheme you found out to highlight - produces the energy for 12,000 houses (though there is a potential to increase this). A single, new 8MW wind turbine will produce, alone, the power for 16,000 houses (with both running at full capacity).... Tidal power isn't the answer to generating electricity for the UK at the moment. You mention pumped hydro as a storage medium, yes, it exists but not in the scale required to power the whole UK if the wind drops on cloudy days - I might have mentioned that above... Edit here to reference pumped hydro storage. UK has pumped hydro storage of about 2,800 MWh (which is a lot), but use about 1TWh daily.... which is lot more I think I am preferring the slant of the discussion towards cats at the moment

It's all to do with the technology and profit. Electricity generation can be quite profitable - so lots of research and technology for the cheaper and easier options than there is for energy storage. The profit for energy storage is pretty much the difference in off peak prices to peak electricity prices. Buy cheap, sell expensive. Not so profitable so the big players haven't invested as much. So far the reliable storage is lithium batteries - a finite resource, but also limited in how quickly they can dig out the lithum. They are developing other battery systems, such as one based on sodium (from sea salt) which is far more abundant and should be cheaper.. but a newer technology that is still developing. Apart from batteries there is hydrogen (hydrogen from water) which can be used in place of gas, a reasonably new industry with a few UK plants operating and a few under construction and in planning. These can create the hydrogen and also be a 'petrol staton' in the same location - you don't need tankers, just a water supply and an electricity power line. But very correct, energy storage is lagging behind electricity generation - once it is balanced then we can move forward with a cheap, renewable electricity generation system that is future proof when the oil runs out and independent on foreign energy sources (such as Russian oil, or african solar farms). A couple of other options like pumped hydro and high pressure air - pump water up to a high reservoir, let ot go down when needed idea - but these schemes are limited to peak supply only - not enough capacity or suitable stores. So batteries - still a developing industry that needs to catch up (and perhaps need some incentives to build the kit). Ocean power... yup, a bit of a holy grail to get reliable generation from the tides, a lot of systems have been tried and fail with reliability. That would be the best option if it can work, it would give a predictable output every day.. but reliability and maintenance ruins most it. Storms are a big issue - wind turbines can revolve to avoid damage, anything floating on the sea gets hit by everything. Off shore wind turbines are a more established technology onshore and benefit from this offshore. You could do river tidal schemes, the Mersey and the Severn have been looked at but... you would essentially need to put a weir at the end of the river to capture the tidal water at high tide, let it out at low tide, but the environmental types don't like that - the fish get upset.

2 badgers and a squirrel. No birds... though the blades might have caught them and shot then into the heather

Going for a wander around the wind farm shortly, I'll count the 'sleeping' badgers on the road and the birds I see under a turbine.

Just been having a think about this.... perhaps the reason why is that the end of the turbine blade is like a baseball bat and the birds are sent miles away... However birds are also designed to avoid things like falcons which can reach similar speeds to a tip of a turbine blade so not sure again. Tricky this green stuff.

There is a massive area of the country built over, I reckon all new build houses should have 4 or 5kw of solar panels with batteries - enough for the house + a little bit spare to sell on, all office blocks can have the same.

Never seen piles of dead birds under any of the turbines I have been around....

As I get older, I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes.... hate it when it is wet wet wet.....