I was teaching tree climbing today. I think we now have the world record for the number of tree climbing theoretical lessons covered in one day...
crashing trees
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10 people dead today from the weather. Including a two year old. Don't think we've seen weather like this since 1990.
Was going to go camping this weekend but this wind is putting me off slightly, I guess they dont call dead branches 'widow makers' for nothing! Still its forcasting snow this weekend, I love bivvying in the snow.
Loads of trees down where I live i Kent 
Had to see my folks in Sevenoaks and the journey that normally takes me 1 hour took 2 tonight! What with the trees and Operation Stack on the M20 :aargh4:
Things could be worse.
Phil.
Had to see my folks in Sevenoaks and the journey that normally takes me 1 hour took 2 tonight! What with the trees and Operation Stack on the M20 :aargh4:
Things could be worse.Phil.
Yes...It was worse.Too Much Kit To Carry said:Loads of trees down where I live i Kent
I had to drive from Rochester to Aldershot, M25/A3/A31, it took 4 hours! And another 2 to get back, all for a team meeting that we could have done via audio conference. All the way home I could hear the traffic tottie saying how bad things were and listing roads that were closed.
Still I managed to stack a pile of firewood round at the Scout HQ tonight
I've been lucky with the traffic, happened to be in the right places and witnessed the hold ups but avoided them. I know someone who took six hours to do a journey that can take 45 minutes! We had a truck blow over on the bridge and it caused chaos, the usual long way round to avoid the bridge was shut too, so it was total gridlock around here. I reckon a few will be asking for help to put together a box for the boot of their cars this week!
I was walking the dog this afternoon and a tree fell 30 ft in front of us in thick woodland. What a noise when they go!
I made a careful exit from the woods looking skyward most of the time.
Got home and my gazebo was in a rather strange shape just short of blowing over the fence!
I made a careful exit from the woods looking skyward most of the time.
Got home and my gazebo was in a rather strange shape just short of blowing over the fence!
Just hope now that with the clear up we dont just see piles of wood being burnt in the open as used to happen . perhaps keep an eye on any sites that have fallen trees and make sure they are replaced ilan
Funny, but even tho a max wind speed [sustained] of 82 kn was recorded at Aberdaron, 15 miles up the coast This gale did'nt seen quite so bad. It came at us from the west-north-west, usually the direction that gives me nightmares, especially if there's a lot of rain with it.
Not much reported damage this end, just the usual winter crop. a couple of coniferous plantations have had a knock, but only to be expected since they had started to harvest anyway.
The gales that really give me the wiggins are early winter November nor'westerlies that suddenly go north, accompanied by rain - when many trees are still in leaf.
Not much reported damage this end, just the usual winter crop. a couple of coniferous plantations have had a knock, but only to be expected since they had started to harvest anyway.
The gales that really give me the wiggins are early winter November nor'westerlies that suddenly go north, accompanied by rain - when many trees are still in leaf.
As Ilan said I would be disappointed to see all these trees burnt on woodpiles. As well as taking the opportunity to plant a tree, we all should take the opportunity to obtain some material and get spoon and kuksa carving. We should soon have some more fine examples of spoons and kuksas posted on the site
Chas
Chas
woodwalker
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Went into the woods/forest today, despite the winds of previous days, it was a rather lovely day. However the amount of trees, small and large that had fallen over was vast. Good opputunity for some spoon carving wood as I prefer not to use living trees for harvesting spoons. I'm glad it wasn't windy today though!
woodwalker
Oh yes and I have started carving another spoon from a piece of fallen hawthorn.
woodwalker
Oh yes and I have started carving another spoon from a piece of fallen hawthorn.
bambodoggy
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
I was out on site last thursday doing some stump grinding as it was obviously too windy to climb or fell and watched two trees go over....a large dead birch that snapped at about 15` up and a mature scots pine that was uprooted....both pretty impressive to watch. Last thing I did before I left site was sharpen my saw and fill them with fuel as I was expecting to have to cut my way home but in the event everything I passed on the way home had been dragged out the way by the local farmers in their tractors.
I took my mutt for a walk in my local woods today and came across two pines (seperately) that had gone over and got caught up above the footpath.....I tied the mutt up out of the way and crashed them both down safely figuring with the wisdon of murphy's law that even if they didn't choose the moment I walked under them to come down they'd be bound to land on somebody else's bonce! lol
I'm chuffed to bits with the gales though....should keep me in work for weeks if not months!
I took my mutt for a walk in my local woods today and came across two pines (seperately) that had gone over and got caught up above the footpath.....I tied the mutt up out of the way and crashed them both down safely figuring with the wisdon of murphy's law that even if they didn't choose the moment I walked under them to come down they'd be bound to land on somebody else's bonce! lol
I'm chuffed to bits with the gales though....should keep me in work for weeks if not months!
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