Mr Anderson actually working can you believe that!

 

Down in the woods we made Justin do some work before he could go to lunch. His first attempt at horse logging was a few months ago, or rather a training session. Needless to say I think John got the better of him that time. However this time it was for real, no training here, straight to work. I have to say,(and it chokes me to say it) he didn’t half do well moving the smaller timber with John.

 

 

As you can see John is not so tall and is built like a tank, another good point about using horses is that they can turn on a sixpence, the tractor and winch aren’t so maneuverable

 

At the end of the work (it’s all done except for getting the timber crane and trailer in to move the timber to Home farm) and after he had had some grub it was a good time to teach him about riding, as he had done four hours work he was less inclined to be jumpy. So I hopped on and rode him out for maybe half a mile

 

 

 

 

About Sadeik

You may ask why "Sadeik" well it means friend in arabic. Worked in Jordan a lot doing tree surgery you see. I have worked in forestry since I left school with a two years in Telecom. Went back to forestry and tree surgery as it may not have paid as much but was far more interesting and dangerous. Spent a lot of years mountaineering, caving and canoeing too. At 29 I went to Bangor University to study Forestry and soil science then did an MSc in Water engineering all very interesting. By a quirk of fate in 1995 ended up helping sort out the woodland and park at Wimpole, funny thing was then I only intended to stay six months or so, but 18 years later I'm still here learning all the time. That's the best bit, if I wasn't able to learn something new every year I would not have stayed and as you get older you realise that the grass is not so green in the next field after all. In fact my patch is getting greener while much of the rest is getting browner.
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2 Responses to Mr Anderson actually working can you believe that!

  1. lisa says:

    The horses really know how to get him to work, they have trained him well……am suddenly in mind off the song ..if you go to woods today you’ll be sure of a big supprise…Justin!

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  2. Justin ANDERSSON says:

    if you go down to the woods tomorrow (at 12.45) YOU will be in for a big surprise !!!!……hehehhehehheh……dear sister…..Had great fun today….the rotten .bugger didnt tell me he was posting it !……the first time is always entertaining………”she said on the honeymoon night” xxx

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