I’d e planting 75% hawthorn and then 25% mix of other natives such as backthorn, alder, guelder rose, hazel or dog rose.

That will grow quick as anything else and provide deent shelter and good natural habitat too.

Buy them as quicks from the nursery, 40-60cm tall and I would recommend cutting them down in height to encourage bushy growth lower down.

Kris rides a lot of bike and motocross as training for wrc. I imagine he has some mild sponsorship.

Look forward to seeing what he can produce this season.

Have done a bit of towing with a new yeti 4×4 and it tows really well. Balanced and loads of torque. It has some fancy stabilising thing too which seems to do its job.

B_r – What was it about your machine that makes you say that. Cutting speed? Or accuracy? or power? Or just general flimsy design and non replaceable components.

Gobuchul – That Record looks good, although a little more expensive, the spec seems to claim its a proper machine. I’ve got a few planes and vice that is record, both of which have stood the test of time well.

I bought the little clarke item from machine mart during one of their vat free sales, it’s done good service cutting all sorts from wood to carbon fibre.

I had a wee look at that one a while ago when I was in machine mart, looked good. Did you change the blade on it or are you just using the original. Have heard that TuffSaws[/url] make blades for woodworking that really improve performannce of any of the smaller bandsaws.

The other two I had looked at were the Sealey 200mm[/url] and the Scheppach Basa 1. Anyone used either of these?

A book to help get their head round some of the basics. ‘Safe baby handling tips’ has some good pictures too.

Nope no WiFi in the axe :) My point was just that there is loads of choice on the tesco direct and you’re not limited to groceries.

I got some tesco vouchers and thought that not much could be bought. Get on tesco direct because you can get all sorts of stuff. I ended up with another fiskers axe and a luger monocular and a nice sharpening whetstone.

Always stay at Lloyd Hotel when we go. In the eastern docklands area.

All the rooms are different and is rather niche. You can choose what level of room you want 1 star through 5 star. So far stayed in four different classes of room and each is as enjoyable as the other. More akin to staying in an art house than the regular generic hotels.

Ropes
Wheels
Logs

Check out the Broxburn woodcraft club, they have loads of gear and are a nice group of guys.

There’s also a pro woodturner based out at new battle college, dalkeith. Can’t remember his details off hand but last time we were working on the state we dropped in by and some of his stuff is really well turned.

Edit: my bad. Wrong type of lathe.

I sell firewood as a sideline to being an arborist. I sell a loose cube of seasoned logs(~15-20% moisture content) for £80 delivered. Two cube for £150. Five for £300. Its mixed hardwood softwood and works out about 70/30 respectively. Mostly it is stacked in the yard for ~a year and then split and stored in the shed for another 6 months before selling.

The prices of logs here(Edinburgh) can vary so greatly from now until christmas and every year it seems that my new customers whinge about the price until December somepoint and then once the upstarts/gypos have run out or start selling freshly cut unseasoned stuff they are more than happy to pay the 80quid.

Corstorphine bank drive and get the bus from outside guitar guitar. Done it for a few weeks before. No problem.

ha. funny thread. not sure how long its been since the majority of people replying to this thread have been out for an extended period of time without their comfort blankets and shop bought supplies. :twisted:

Admittedly pudgy, middle-aged, garishly attired gents on expensive bikes probably don’t rank highly on the police shakedown list, but you never know.

Honestly it annoys me that people be so discouraging to the lad.

Carry a hunting knife when you go out into the ‘wild’. It is probably one of the most useful tools just after your lighter/flint. Your genuinely going to want it. Mine goes every where with me, don’t act like a dick and wave it around town and all will be well.

Set snares and traps in the right places and you should do alright. Fish the rivers and collect shellfish at the shore. Accept you will get hungry long before you succeed. Learn to deal with it and enjoy the little things. You’ll come back with a greater appreciation of the ecosystem we’re part of and some peace of mind.

Its a bit prone to splitting but if felled wintertime and dried slowly then it can be turned into something pretty.

I’d rather have one of these fiats. Great payload and economy.

That depends on your take on jeans- i might wear the brown ones casually but certainly wouldnt stretch the, to “smart”

Aye true, I don’t really do smart. I wear the moss ones myself.

carharrt texas have been the comfiest best wearing heavy weight denim jeans ive had

Me too, until I got my current pair of Original Tree Climbers from Arborwear. They pee all over carhart or dickies jeans. Have worn them an awful lot and love them. I have proper thighs and these are comfortable, the gusseted crotch gives loads of freedom of movement too. For me the cut of these is awesome. Smart enough to be worn with a shirt to the pub on a friday night and then I wouldn’t think twice about working in the yard all day in the mud etc in them.

~£200 budget

My shortlist now contains the Vaude Hogan ultralight argon and both the MSR Elixir 2 and the MSR Hubba Hubba HP. I can’t decide.

Yep 215 length is necessary for me, some tents can feel shorter if they taper to more of a point at the toes.

Looking more at the Scarp 1 and 2 and I don’t think I like them, they are very cocooned and offer little views/airflow options or porch area, however the design looks like it makes for a spacious sleeping area with the vertical lower sides. I prefer the shape of the space inside the MSR elixir overall.

The MSR Hoop looks good too.

Having never ridden any of the stuff up at fort william, will this be enjoyable on a hardtail? or is there too much DH bias and I’ll die.

mmmm I can do 25km. I have a hardtail with 160mm revs. I have a tent and nothing else doing that weekend. This sounds like a go er. Entry fee of 50quid and same again for fuel doesn’t sound too much. I might be there…well, somewhere pootling along behind everyone else.

I bought one of those Passat, 130ps sport model, 54plate. 85k for 2900 and that was after a month of looking. So probably you will be looking at ones with over 100k on the clock.

That said mine runs a treat, real nice place to be. Changed the filters, oil and timing belt when I got it and it is around 45mpg average on winter tyres. Sits around 2k revs at 70mph and between 2500 and 3k revs pulls very nicely. Fits a cube of logs in the boot too.

-Bad points, quite low to get in and out of if they’re older. Not great ground clearance either for rougher track. I just had to put the alloys in to get sandblasted as the paint has gone and tyres were slowly losing pressure. Also had to strip the drivers door to replace the window regulator as they are prone to rusting on the bottom corner, cheap but time consuming repair.

I’d buy it again, it does what it does well.

I would recommend buying new. It’s just easier for occasional use than the risk of getting a 2nd hand saw that has a few quirks. We get most of our stuff from FRJones[/url] and 160 quid will get you the ms170 mentioned above with full warranty etc. 30cc is enough power to drive a 12″ bar through firewood easily enough.

Keep it sharp and it should run for a lifetime.

I have very fond memories of the classics I’ve owned looking back, they all had their quirks and character which my very bland modern estate just doesn’t have.

Had a Nova GTE, a Renault 5gt, my beloved beetle and most recently a rusty Mk2 Golf GTI(small bumper).

Maybe I need to scratch the veedub bug itch again. Damn I enjoyed that car.

I got one of those straps a few months ago and it is alright for relieving the pain a little during heavy use.

Cheers for that jambala, there is a good link to an article written for climbers here.[/url]

So in summary there is no magic cure, deep tissue massage is highly rated followed by exercises from the physio/interweb. Acupuncture is potentially helpful. Spending time building shoulder strength can be helpful to give the elbow an easier time. Cortisone injections are good for hiding the injury.

mildly boring really. o well thanks for the pointers.
Off to get some tea and watch some crap telly.

I don’t play tennis, well not that often. It’s mostly form climbing at work everyday and dragging heavy things.

I’ll give that exercise a go howarthp although it might exacerbate an old wrist injury I have. Which is probably not helping the elbow already.

The man will have a real machine and know how to use it. Get the man.

I’m not without my knife most days. Important for climbing and very useful for making lunch.

Do you happen to have a gpx file of route?

Nope, sorry. OS Landranger 51 and 57 are the maps that cover the route though. Start point is at Grid Ref 587118. Hope that helps

Did a nice route up near Callander recently. 47km loop with options of pub stop in Strathyre halfway. Very scenic and remote in parts.

Starts on the bank of Loch Lubnaig and climbs through Glen Ample before descending to Loch Earn. This section is great technical singletrack. Then you head round to Balquhidder on route 7 before crossing the river and enjoying some great single track through the woods to Strathyre before descending to the banks of Loch Lubnaig again and following round the foot of the loch to the start point.

1.9 tdi 130ps Passat estate

Average over lifetime of 41mpg. Average over the last few thousand miles I’ve owned it of 43.

Its ‘good’ mpg to me because it’s a very comfortable place to be, it will do that mpg whilst doing 80-90mph on the commute or loaded with bikes and kids and dogs. It’s smoothness, 6th gear and stability at speed is worth more to me than its lack of low end torque (80% of the time anyhoo)

Now that^ is some serious effort….
Where did you freeze it?
How long did it take?
How did you get it to the party?
What did you use to grate it?

*On clingfilm, in tupperware, in freezer.
*Roughly 6 hours, but I left it longer in fear of discovering a fondant centre.(This may vary according to water content, ideally you want a good sized type 3 stool.)
*In a couple of smaller pocket sized tupperwares.
*Parmesan type cheese grater.

…now get to it :lol:

One of my mates stole my girlfriend when I was 14. I was heart wrenchingly devastated.

He had an ’empty'(house party) not too long afterwards and I was still hot under the collar so took my revenge. I did a poo. Froze it. Grated said poo, then subtly sprinkled around his house and especially his room during the party. Everyone then trod it into the carpets during the evening and as it melted it smelt something rotten :?

Turned out his mum had to replace carpets throughout the whole house to get rid of the stench when she returned which cost her good money, poor lady. Oops. :oops:

Put on a set of Renthal Fatbars last year with the intention of cutting them down to size and have just never felt the need to. I have scared myself a few times with trees at Ae but not clipped one yet. I like them. I’m going to keep them as they are.

Doorways are a right pain in the arse though.

Big mistake on your part, by cashing the cheque you have accepted the valuation and the car is theirs by legal right

We mutually agreed an acceptable figure after a bit of too and fro. I accept their valuation. My issue is that they have deducted my excess from that amount before sending the cheque. The excess will be returned when liability of the claim is sorted out.

It IS pretty.

no – because your name is still on the v5 so its your liability until they have that in their name

Well that doesn’t sound very good. It would seem once again that they get to have their cake and eat it. I will risk the fine then as I’m not taking a day off work to meet them with the keys, they can surely arrange a time out of hours to meet me. Stubborn pride issues again.. Baaaa :|

The V5 doesn’t prove who owns the car, just who is responsible for it – the keeper, not the owner. A car with outstanding finance for instance is really owned by the finance company, but they’re not responsible for parking fines and speeding tickets.

EDIT ^ like he said but typed more slowly. (and more lovingly)

Ok, cheers for the information(and the loving words :-) ). So then I suppose the insurance company should collect their vehicle with a tow truck or such, before they get fined for having it sat on the public road uninsured then. Oh the ironing.

The Wrong Mans with that James Corden had me laughing recently.