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Roy Arnold's shop has now moved a couple of villages down the road. I live about a 200 yards from Tony Murland's shop and have to pass it every day..........its always a struggle to pass by without popping in....... you know, just to have a look.;)

I was born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, I still live in Suffolk, quite boring really. What makes it remotely interesting is that I can trace both sides of my family to within 20 miles of Bury St Edmunds, stretching back over the best part of 800 years. (I think that would qualify me as "local")

Look here.... http://www.bushcraftuk.com/articles/skills--general/watchmans-chair.html

One i've been using for a while is http://www.192.com/maps/?&MapSize=Large , you have to zoom through a few levels before you get to the aerial shots, but it is generally of a high resolution (even in Scotland).

In Thetford forest, out of my back window, about half an hour ago was the last time I saw one. I usually see at least one, once a week.:)

Am I the only one that uses a birch bark container? :confused: :)

You may well find that the tree will fully recover...... most British trees are not easily destroyed by fire. Here's hoping anyway! Good on you for going and clearing up!

I've had a macbook for about 3 months.... and I'm delighted with it!!!! Now I control the computer rather than the other way round.... everything just works! Have you seen the tv ads on apple's website? Brilliant! http://www.apple.com/getamac/

Hi Stuart, How relavent are the plant DVD's to Britain and europe?

Hi Jason, There's a slight variation on one here: http://www.the-tree.org.uk/TreeCultivation&Uses/Firewood/firewood.htm There is another completly different poem/rhyme, but i'm struggling to find/remember it.....I'll keep lookin'.

I've got these two, but there's many more versions. Logs to Burn Logs to Burn cho: Logs to burn, logs to burn, Logs to save the coal a turn, Here's a word to make you wise, When you hear the woodsman cry. Beechwood fires burn bright and clear, Hornbeam blazes too, If...

The cooler the local conditions, the thicker the bark will be.

Doh! Teaches me for just glancing at the photos, if it were fomes the flesh would be much thicker! :banghead: Apologies Loz! I'll get me coat. :buttkick:

Thanks for the heads up, I didn't know there was second book.

Interesting...The first one I found about a decade ago was on the inside of beech that had rotted away. I mostly find them on birch with a few on beech. Don't know about the shape......I find alot with much flatter shapes in various positions, mostly on the north side of the tree which are...

Yes. The white underside should turn a kind of purple colour when touched. What tree did you find it on?

And I second that. Very tough.

Removing the outer bark of the birch does not harm it directly and tree will carry on living as long as the corky inner bark is left intact. Removing the outer bark does leave the tree more open to fungal infection though. Theres been alot of discussion on removing birch bark before, do a search...

Many Thanks Arkangel.

Roll on winter........and make it a cold one! Welcome to the forum Silverback.