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SEILFLETCHER NOVOLEEN x 13mm is what I have on the Eder 1800. I have been thinking about what you wrote about elastic in the rope being beneficial, but can’t think why in the situations I use my winch in, when do you find elastic rope beneficial, what circumstances?

How do you rate that little Timberwolf Mark?

Picked a bunch of Tomatillos that had started to drop and some mixed hot chillis. If you have ever had proper Mexican Salsa Verde, then Tomatillo would have been the main ingredient. They ripen green and have a distinctive tangy taste. There is an orange variety that is used in Thai cooking also.

First batch of squash cureing in the sun before being overwintered in the cellar. A mix of butternut, crown prince and potti marron.

Looks like well over ripe baby corn.

I had an Australian guy in a similar situation a few years back, his qualifications weren’t recognised by NPTC. Both the main European Chainsaw qualifications (ECC and ABA) where based on NPTC which was regarded as the benchmark, so they standard set their qualifications to them, making it far more straightforward to work in and around the EU. Outside of these governing bodies it is difficult to establish just what the certificates mean in relation to ours. I simply went through the assessment schedules with him and did a couple of days training to show him all the cuts. He was experienced and a skilled saw user so it was all straightforward. He just had to register and pay for his assessments with minimal training costs, he walked it and he was working the following week.

It’s a bass guitar.

A fitting message from President Macron.

She will certainly be an hard act to follow. At least Charles has had a lot of time to prepare, I’m sure he’s learned a few things from her over the years.

I have a at theory that after her meeting with Bojo and Truss, she simply thought, “ one has had enough of spending ones time with spunk stains of human beings”, and has simply given up the will to live.

You still have to demonstrate how to tie a three knot system using your preferred method before accessing the tree, you don’t have to use the closed system to ascend. You will use a throw line to achieve an high anchor point for one out of your two rope system, most trainers I work with set up a throw line with two bags to set both anchor points from the ground. Most candidates use systems with Zig Zags or similar with foot ascenders rather than twin friction hitches, which are a total faff when coming in from a branch walk.

Most if not all climbing courses cover basic friction hitches like Blake’s, Prussic, Distel and VT before moving onto Hitch Climbers, ZigZags and the like.

In my experience, candidates quite often don’t really pay attention to what they are being told, they also nod their heads that they understand when they don’t. The machine is perfectly capable of dealing with dead wood, there are a few H&S issues such as dust and debris flying back out of the hopper. As these where National Trust, the instructor might have been hinting at dead wood as habitat, so not to be chipped, rather than can’t?

What sunny Sunday mornings are made for. Drying the onions in the sun before getting them ready for overwintering. White onions are cheap as chips here, red ones are eye wateringly expensive. Another box of tomatoes, I am going to roast these then freeze them for future use, the next lot will be made into fiery hot Salsa Rojo, I have Tomatillos nearly ready for Salsa Verde. I decided to lift the sweet potatoes, it’s the first time that I have grown them and I am happy with the yield from 4 plants, I will plant 12 next year, they will keep for 4-6 months. The butternut squash, crown prince and potti marron are looking good, as are the last of the Charente melon. Making space now for Winter greens.

Have you fact checked these figures? I saw the exact same map showing completely different values on last week, the UK being considerably higher than the rest of Europe.

The most recent version of the NPTC Small Tree Felling certification requires the candidate to explain/describe a whole series of felling cuts including step cut, spear cut , 80-20 front cut, V-cut, split level, standard fell, Danish cut, Dogs Tooth and when each cut is to be used, they also have to describe the cuts and their uses when doing their Ariel cutting certificate. As an instructor I spend a lot of time explaining the physics of the cuts. Dimensions, hinge length/thickness, sink depth etc on the whiteboard before demonstrating all these cuts and their application. The candidates will be expected to carry out these cuts using the correct methods, for the given tree bias, and will need to show this when being independently assessed. Maybe it has been a long time since you did any training? And the back cut doesn’t need to be higher than the sink.

It’s a bit hard to work out what you are actually asking, but I will give it a go. The groove on the bell housing in your hand lines up directly with the oil worm behind the clutch which drives the oil pump. If you shine a torch down the outside of the clutch you should see a piece of metal sticking out, locate the groove over it. If you can’t see anything sticking out, the end may have worn away/snapped off. You will need to remove the clutch to replace the worm.

I only used a grinder on harvester chain, mostly to remove damage and uniform the angles and cutter lengths. I would then put an edge on with the hand file. You have to be careful not to remove too much at once with the grinder otherwise you change the temper of the cutter, which can make it brittle and difficult to sharpen and it can leave ragged burrs, you also have to monitor the profile of the grinding disk and it adjust accordingly. Unless you are sharpening lots of chains/large chains I wouldn’t bother, just get some better glasses😉.

I have never experienced any shortage of climbers/groundies in the UK, quite the reverse, the UK is saturated with them. Colleges and training providers are spewing them out constantly, most of them thinking they are the finished article after a couple of months. Lots of them are up to their necks in debt after arranging cheap finance deals to buy shiney new kit that most people have spent years building up to owning, they then devalue the job by going in low simply to find the monthly finance repayments. Every decent climber with a good work ethic that I have worked with wants to go out on their own long term, which makes them virtually impossible to hold onto in an employed role. The rest are crap to mediocre (despite how they see themselves) and their payment in an employed role reflects their skill level and attitude. I have never heard of anyone using a recruitment agency to find Arb staff either. Most people I have worked with are head hunted through having a good reputation in the industry and through word of mouth.

Once they identify PR in plantations they usually clear fell the lot asap, in a bid to harvest at least some timber value. A lot of harvesters have been transported up North to deal with the extensive storm damage seen up there so NWR may be short on machines/drivers.

The main issue with leaving PR infected trees standing is the spores spread onto healthy trees each time they come back into leaf. The last block of Larch that I clear felled was only 10 acres, only half a dozen trees had been identified with the disease. Below the site was a large stand of Sweet chestnut, also susceptible to PR if left unchecked. I have never heard of any Larch being resistant to the disease.

The French election this year was no better. The French where calling it, “a choice between Cholera or Typhoid”. Has there ever been a worse group of politicians in office and in opposition in the UK? I can’t think of any in my lifetime, what a shit state of affairs.

Fury v Usyk would be a great fight. Both have fantastic boxing brains and great movement for big men. I think Fury has the shear height, size and reach, combined with great jab and hand speed to put Usyk in serious problems. I would have Fury for the win. AJ could fight the Bronze Bummer, hopefully he could put the misery guts on his arse then face Fury for the belts, a Fury win over AJ would certainly be the perfect time for him to retire unbeaten.

I don’t think the fight will go past 8 rounds this time. If AJ wants the belts back he is going to have to come out blazing and keep the pace up, chase his man down and use his weight advantage. It is a gamble though, if he runs out of steam and Usyk is still standing, it’s game over. AJ can’t use the same game plan and box Usyk like he did last time and expect a different outcome, hopefully he learned something in the last fight and has trained accordingly. I still favour Usyk though.