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Ah … see you over on ‘Retro Tractor…’

Crikey that's news to me re beech and some people arguing that it is not native. How very odd. The complex eco system of a beech wood (and its morels and boletus) is an extraordinary thing. It's teeming with species. I agree regarding politicians and ecosystems. But I do work with them and we...

Some very good points. And you are right, huge variation in the strategy of landowners, some very ecologically-driven and evidence-based, and not particularly motivated by subsidies. On my part I manage a mixed new woodland (25 years old) ash, beech, oak with poplar windbreak. Ash Dieback is...

That's all very much on the ball. Cynical tax avoidance plus non-evidence-based post-war desperate planting amounted to wanton destruction. Much of forestry policy is now focussed on undoing the impact of previous policy. Which does raise questions about whether policy is genuinely now right...

I am sure up for that

it ceertainly is. But wouldn't it be nice to have forests where currently there are few (but increasing)?

Background - or skip to the video The Grom is not an eco warrior. He is a scientist. Studying forestry. He was involved in managing woodland since he was ten. He will go into land management policy as well as insist on being out and about amongst trees. I am not an eco warrior. I am a...

Yikes everyone is upping their game in terms of photo quality - what a lovely shot - Los Angeles / Detroit / Bristol Great stuff

noooooooooo !!!!!!!! I want to unsee this

My childish caption to my photo today made me think... Anyone had a 'distorted reality' or 'The Machinist' moment? Here are my two mind-constructed experiences. 1 The White Rider In Thetford and really pressing hard in the singletrack. I am leading Mike by about 100m, and pushing hard. I...

Late start 9:00 Thetford Ghost rider

smeeton westerby gumley such quintessentially English village names I took about 10 mins to recover from laughing when the Grom was about 10 and we were going through Tollard Royal, Swallowcliffe etc and he piped up 'what's the next one going to be called? Humping Sippleback?....'

Well that was quite an education, going through the ProBikeSHopFrance other items. Eyewatering prices. Not priced to sell. Very odd.

Hmmm think I have a C16R original bar somewhere. Like all of them, fragile decals though…..

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