Thursday 5 July 2012

For the chop....

Today is another step towards the end of our fostering career. Our eldest fosling turned 18, his care order lapsed and he is no longer in care.  Of course he has no plans to move out anytime soon, he will be here for at least another year..

Chain saw was the big agenda this morning, I parted with a blistering sum of money for an industrial  chains saw, with the amount of wood we need no point going for an entry model. Like every other man once I had a new toy the very next thing to do was to try it out.

Yeeeee gods, this thing takes no prisoners at all. We did our normal 40 minutes cut and processed over twice what we normally do. We were on our knees but seriously impressed. I've spent this afternoon getting the water hot so various people can take a bath to recover.

When you are cutting the pace is largely set by the chainsaw, the faster it cuts the faster you must work to keep it fed. We were flying along and the tank of  fuel it carried got a huge amount cut.

Then it was inside to hide and pretend it does not all need chopping with axes.

In the final twist, i was invited to present myself in London for some accreditation at 10 AM on Saturday - thanks for the the notice guys.

R
  

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