other pictures

apple day in Stavely. Lorna and I made collection’ boxes for the events at apple day in stavely in the ‘log to box’ style, except with a slot in the top and angled cuts on the lid so it would slide in and out but not fall off.

Also on the apprenticeship gathering we visited High Grove, which apparently belongs to Prince Charles but i didnt spot him. They have recently been bringing old coppice back into proper rotation (whereas before individual products were poached from stools as and when.) For a none deer fenced site, the re-growth was very good and the stools contained promising sticks to.

this is a timber framed, shake roofed, barn down at Westonbirt arboretum. We visited Westonbirt as part of the apprenticeship gathering, it has coppice coups which have been cut several times by Brian Williamson (whos website youll find on the links page) and some serious trees.

sawmilling yak.

this is a photo ian too of me filling in my assessments for charcoaling, coppicing and firewooding.

weve been making a few post and rail fences for a couple of orders recently. this is me using the chain morticer for the mortices on the posts.