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| 9 Nov 08 | Tanos, Chainsaw, Bridgewood Me here. |  |
| 27 Oct 08 | Felled tree Still showing the shape of the crown laid out on the ground after the branches have been cut off. | |
| 27 Oct 08 | Tree cross section Cross section of a recently felled poplar tree, about 12 inches in diameter. The central heartwood (which is largely inert), the surrounding sapwood (which transports water and nutrients), and bark are clearly visible. By counting the rings, this tree was about twenty years old. | |
| 27 Oct 08 | Glade and logs Logs and branches from several trees felled and then cut up. I'm working round the edge, felling the trees into the centre of the Glade or into the space left by the previous felling. The aim is to avoid felled trees getting tangled ("hung up") in standing trees, as the danger is the hung up tree falls on you when you want to fell the other one. If you don't clear up as go along, you end up with a giant version of the pick up sticks game. But since you have a chainsaw, that's not a big problem ... | |
| 16 Oct 08 | October view Taken in October, the same view as this picture in February and another in June. There's a special page that allows you to flip these pictures back and forth to see the changes. | |
| 12 Oct 08 | Start of the wood stack I've now started stacking two foot logs to dry for next year. I'm using corrugated iron sheeting to keep the rain out and some galvanised iron to keep them off the ground. Of the species growing in Bridgewood, ash is the best firewood ... but I'm not planning to fell any of the ash trees. However, I am felling a lot of the hazel understorey to clear and widen rides, and some of the hazel bushes have one or two decent trunks which should burn well. | |
| 10 May 10 | Holding Pen The Holding Pen in its clearing at Bridgewood. | |
| 11 Aug 08 | Green Man in Tatton Park's maze | |
| 20 Jul 08 | Lancaster Castle branding Holdfast and branding iron still in place at the back oft he Crown Court dock and described in a weblog post. | |
| 20 Jul 08 | Lancaster Castle cells Described in a weblog post. | |
| 20 Jul 08 | Lancaster Castle scold's bridle In the Hadrian Tower of Lancaster Castle and described in a weblog post. | |
