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Well over the last few weeks i've been reading the post here on this part of the forum and looking where everyone has been and what they've been doing.........great post and great pictures, the trouble is i seem to have been trapped at work unable to get out since god knows when!! Well today...

Whilst out and about the other morning, just a little further down this track...... I was lucky enough to see this Grass Snake........ Boy did it move fast, i only managed the one picture and the quality's not great but thought i'd post it anyway. Same picture cropped........

Well it was St. Georges day last Wednesday and this is traditionally the time of year when the St. George's Mushroom appears, one of our earliest edible mushrooms. As it happens I had the opportunity to be out and about on Wednesday and Thursday and guess what i found........ St...

Quick heads up for this..... BBC Natural World, Reindeer Girls Tonight (09/04/08) BBC 2 8.00pm. "Profile of 17-year-old reindeer herders Elle and Inga from Norway, as they accompany the animals on the annual migration across the Artic tundra". Looks like it may be worth watching...

Well the other day Mr Postman turns up with my first Trevor Ablett:D I've been meaning to get myself a nice traditional Sheffield made slip joint for a while, and Trevor Ablett's name has been mentioned quite alot recently. I enjoyed the videos that Watcher and Grace Horne put up over on...

Just noticed this...... http://www.medicinechest.info/ http://www.medicinechest.info/episodes/1 Channel 4 tonight 9pm. Might be worth a look. Think i'll set the VCR as it may be woth saving if it's any good.

A quick head's up.... thought this looked interesting. BBC 2 tonight at 7.55pm. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/timewatch/

Found these.......thought they looked interesting Bahco French Pattern Felling Axe http://www.workshopheaven.com/eStore/cgi-bin/cp-app.pl?usr=51F7868347&rnd=2344970&rrc=N&affl=&cip=&act=&aff=&pg=prod&ref=BAHFEL&cat=Axes&catstr=HOME:Axes Bahco French Pattern General Purpose Hatchet...

Thought this may be of interest........... The ever popular Bahco Lapplander saw at £15.95 from Workshop Heaven http://www.workshopheaven.com/eStore/cgi-bin/cp-app.pl?usr=51F7868347&rnd=4164733&rrc=N&affl=&cip=&act=&aff=&pg=prod&ref=BAHLAPSAW&cat=&catstr= I've delt with this...

Thought i'd post a few pic's from my visit last week. Had a great day the weather was fantastic..... My first time in Snowdonia..........but it wont be my last :) Was very lucky and got some great views from the summit. If you've not been its well worth a visit...

Ok folks third and final part! Well the Hultafors stuff is very good but i bet you're all ready to have a look at some of Cegga's stuff!! :D So without further ado........... Cegga's work is fantastic, these photo's really don't do it justice. Damascus is'nt easy to photograph...

Thought i'd share a few pic's of a bit of carving i did recently.......... My Whittle Owl :) Carved from a bit of Birch i had on the wood pile. Was looking for something to do to try out a very cheap knife i picked up from ebay. for scale. No master carving but...

Thought i'd post this link as it may be of interest to some. http://www.wildlife-sound.org/index.html The guy in the pic carrying the parabolic reflector mic is a friend of mine :) Click the Listen tab and there's a few on-line recordings.

Hi just thought i'd share a few pic's from our recent trip to Sweden. We stayed in a cottage right next to Lake Viken. Our cottage came equipped with it's own rowing boat so a bit of messing about on the water was in order. The view from our cottage... The cottage seen from out on...

Moving house sometime in the next few weeks and been sorting through some stuff, came across these.......... The programmes had some good contributions from Ray Mears. A closer look at Ray's bit from programme one..... I know the " Tracks" programmes get...

Whilst working a night shift last night i was visited by this chap. Pretty sure it's a Poplar Hawk-Moth. Excuse the quality of the pic's there from my phone.

Ok time for part 2 My apologies for not posting this sooner :o but things have been pretty chaotic here, busy at work and getting ready to move house!! So lets continue.......and return to the Hults Bruk foundry In part 1 you saw Cegga's colleagues forging the head of a Hultafors...

Hi there, Thought it was about time i posted a few pic's of my recent meet up with Cegga. When i found out i was going to Sweden as a supprize for my 40th, i asked for advice and information on the "out and about" forum as to where to go and what to do in the area where we were staying. I...

Managed to get a few pic's of some Crane's during my recent trip to Sweden. Picture quality is'nt great but thought they may be of interest.

Hi Guy's Time to share a few pic's of my new Axe............. Not had a chance to use it yet, just so busy right now :( Where did i get it from? Well it was a gift from the very generous Mr Cegga :notworthy Thank you, does'nt begin to express how greatful i am :You_Rock_