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Please send him all the very best. He won't know who I am by name, but I'm very grateful for all the past trainings, his advice and inspiration - still. A top bloke.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/18/france-preparing-survival-manual-for-every-household-report-says Good on them. Making Lofty proud!

Price reduction to £515 Sold pending funds

Just a heads-up for Mooters Was near Rough Close last week and spotted a self service laundry set-up in the carpark of Balsall Common's Co-op. Lovely stuff. Laundry machines - Map link

Cooking with the stars! -Digging a hāngī on a Birmingham roundabout with Dawn French @ 15min.. Lofty & Dawn - Scoff Ep1

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The Stihl battery saws make better sense if you have other kit, and batteries already. -The smaller saws don't necessarily need the recommend battery model (Ap200 batts work fine on these lower power saws.) I wouldn't choose anything like a msa160, for regular tree work. its really is very...

Current saws: Husky 500XPMK2 & Stihl MSA160 50cc Vs 35cc: I'd say it's probably best done with the appropriate size tool for the job. For anything serious, cuts are certainly executed more quickly with one of the faster 50's, (that nowadays are quite low in weight) this tends to keep you...

A couple of Suffolk knee-vice illustrations from Raymond Tabour's "Traditional Woodland Crafts". - Heres a nice one. You can have your counterweight (bucket) automatically open the vice Another type of vice below, - a shave horse. It uses bodyweight as a clamping force applied by both...

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Same. Bristol: Virgin fibre & 5G Vodafone. Noticed yesterday. - Many other sites & services apart from BCUK affected

Great find. - this got me hunting. I fancied a splash of colour Red original bush shirts/ smocks here - plus other Swanni bargains -not just women's!: https://www.meiriondavies.co.uk/collections/clearance-womens Blue Mosgiel cheap here...

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Foam pipe insulation cut into wedges did the trick for me. The price was right!

Wow- beautiful. Have not made a fork yet, but this could well be the inspiration. - Thanks for showing

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Haakonsen Knife & Tool: Hassel knife £550 delivered within the UK A direct commission from renowned metallurgist & Norwegian maker of ruggedized knives, Fredrik Haakonsen. Hassel knife specs: A8-mod steel Blade: 110mm long, 5mm thick, 60HRC Full-flat grind Tang: Hidden, 14mm wide, 5mm thick...

The number 1 bit of advice that I received is "don't put a skylight over your bed" Have a good plan for ventilation, inc. passive and fans. Have a plan for kitchen extraction New windows or skylights (& any shell penetration): seat with non-setting butyl tape, and use Sikaflex 552 as the...

Yes, I ve been cutting brambles today with the Stihl FSA 86R. Other half uses it commercially as a gardener. Loaded with the recommended 2mm line, it can do brambles, but is a grass etc strimmer first & foremost. It's one of the the lightest cutters in the pro range. ( The more...