The endless heavy rain, floods and high winds have caused us all some problems in the last few weeks and when you work outside all the time they certainly make life interesting. The waterproof clothing has been earning it’s keep recently and the short dark days mean that the lunch hour is a thing of the past – more like a lunch 10 minutes in the winter.
We have been kept busy with tree safety work recently, some of it caused by the high winds, and also with cutting birch for racecourse fences. We had to dismantle a tricky broken crown in a very old and unstable oak tree recently and we have done quite a bit of private garden and tree work locally. The log season has started with some new customers finding us via the website which is good news.
The mud and rain causes access problems on some sites as people understandably do not want their land churned up and even with 4 wheel drive it can be difficult to reach some of the more remote forestry and moorland sites. It is often easier to work once the temperature drops and the ground freezes but with global warming this may be happening less and less. It always feels healthier if we have a cold winter but not too much snow as that is a whole other set of issues!