Saturday, 26 November 2011

Lots of tree felling videos! (CS32 chainsaw course)

Well, I've been busy editing videos from the CS32 chainsaw course I was on this week, so put them full-screen, turn up the sound and sit back...

First, felling an oak tree that then gets hung up, and how it is taken down by severing some of the hinge:

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Tuesday, 22 November 2011

CS32 Medium Tree Felling chainsaw course - felling oaks

I've had some time off work this week to do the CS32 Felling Medium Trees (380-760mm) chainsaw course. Our instructor is David Rossney of Esus Forestry Training - Tracy and I did the coppice harvesting efficiency course with him a few years ago too. Basically, after this course, and exam, I'll be qualified to fell trees up to 30" diameter.

There's some felling videos to come in a moment, but first a few pictures. We've been learning about properly removing the buttresses of the trees:

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Monday, 21 November 2011

Rye 1950s Classic Car Cruise

Many strange things happen in Rye... Yesterday dozens of 1950s cars and trucks cruised through the town and then parked up for us all to look at! Here's a video, and some photos: The highlight is probably the batmobile!


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Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Wilderness First Aid course with Emergency Life Support Team

This weekend Tracy and I both went on a brilliant 'wilderness first aid' course run by Emergency Life Support Team, which was run in a woodland near Hastings. Our main instructor was Andy Sullivan, who has years of experience in the emergency services and is eminently qualified to teach people to save lives.

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Sunday, 13 November 2011

Rye Fawkes 2011

Here's a video of this year's Rye Fawkes procession, and the full firework display. Enjoy...



Mike

Sunday, 6 November 2011

Building a firewood store: part 2

Picking up from part 1, which ended with the firewood store at this stage:

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