You don't want too stiff a pole when jumping dykes, as you tend to get a bit sore if you do it a lot.
Ah .... one learns something new every day. Guess carbon fibre these days?
You don't want too stiff a pole when jumping dykes, as you tend to get a bit sore if you do it a lot.
Lidar mapping picks them out beautifullyNo, there are roddons near Littleport, we farm several fields of them, the fields go from black fen to clay to silt to clay to black fen in 80 yards, nightmare!
Lidar mapping picks them out beautifully
We were working around there last year and thought mountain rescue was the strangest thing !!Eh, I'll have you know that we have our own mountain rescue team around these parts
http://www.pidleymountainrescue.org.uk/
A lot of us natives, sorry indigenous people, get nosebleeds if the get more than a few feet above sea level.
As for dykes... I thought that was one of your "specialist" subjects...
Fudgewits they need to do more than clear the weed. Internal Drainage boards do a great job of pumping water into the main rivers (and paying for the privilege) and then the EA can’t be arsed to do any maintenance. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the fens everyone has to pay drainage rates which would be in the region of £20/acEA taking plenty of credit for clearing the weed on the new route this year
The Pidley Mountain Rescue team was I recall formed by a local police officer Gil Boyd, he lives in the village and the teams HQ is the Mad Cat pub. Its function is to raise money for sick childen, in recent years it seems to be fairly low profile, but it was big news in the 1980's and Gil raised huge sums of money for Great Ormond Street Hospital and other causes.We were working around there last year and thought mountain rescue was the strangest thing !!
The Pidley Mountain Rescue team was I recall formed by a local police officer Gil Boyd, he lives in the village and the teams HQ is the Mad Cat pub. Its function is to raise money for sick childen, in recent years it seems to be fairly low profile, but it was big news in the 1980's and Gil raised huge sums of money for Great Ormond Street Hospital and other causes.
I don't think there are any huge local dangers around Pidley unless the crocodiles escape from the nnext village.
The Pidley Mountain Rescue team was I recall formed by a local police officer Gil Boyd, he lives in the village and the teams HQ is the Mad Cat pub. Its function is to raise money for sick childen, in recent years it seems to be fairly low profile, but it was big news in the 1980's and Gil raised huge sums of money for Great Ormond Street Hospital and other causes.
I don't think there are any huge local dangers around Pidley unless the crocodiles escape from the nnext village.
Dont worry the black fen is retreating, eventually it will all blown or oxidised away, you will then only have the clay and silt to contend with.No, there are roddons near Littleport, we farm several fields of them, the fields go from black fen to clay to silt to clay to black fen in 80 yards, nightmare!
Thats it our very own Steve Irwin, Andy herds Nile crocodiles with a pig board. Must be the Viking blood in himWould that be Mr Johnson?
Was one of the "stars" of Ross Kemp's ITV programme on dangerous animals in the UK recently
In Cambridgeshire, 50-year-old farmer Andy Johnson’s family has owned their farm for more than hundred years and it now boasts 300 deer, 150 cattle and several ostriches - plus a collection of crocodiles donated by a private collector, which he tells Ross he views as an environmentally friendly alternative to incinerators for dealing with dead livestock. He says: "It started as a bit of a joke. We argued putting crocodiles in would be the best way forward. [The] originals came in, I’d got no love of a crocodile, I didn’t understand the crocodiles, never handled a crocodile and just I knew that they ate meat and they liked warm air and warm water.
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Thats it our very own Steve Irwin, Andy herds Nile crocodiles with a pig board. Must be the Viking blood in him
Crikey!!Thats it our very own Steve Irwin, Andy herds Nile crocodiles with a pig board. Must be the Viking blood in him
Now an expert and huge fan of the species, he has some unusual plans for when he dies, telling Ross: "My long-term aim is whether tomorrow or 20 years’ time, that hopefully by then it’ll be agreed that I can be fed to a crocodile to, you know, put my bit back. That is where we’re looking. You know, is it gonna be possible to use humans as a protein source to feed humans back, to take pressure off of the environment, off of the world's resources?"He did come across as a bit of a boy ....
Got plans for other animals too. Wild cats were mentioned. Well worth a watch... esp if you're local
"Bit of a boy" anyone who knows him will say thats a considerable understatement. I'm sure he's got some Limmie blood in himHe did come across as a bit of a boy ....
Got plans for other animals too. Wild cats were mentioned. Well worth a watch... esp if you're local
His farm shop was robbed Xmas before last, bet the scumbags didn't know who they were theiving from, let's just say if he had caught them the consequences don't bear thinking about."Bit of a boy" anyone who knows him will say thats a considerable understatement. I'm sure he's got some Limmie blood in him
Hope that they get the steakhouse open again soon... I'm missing the Sunday carvery!His farm shop was robbed Xmas before last, bet the scumbags didn't know who they were theiving from, let's just say if he had caught them the consequences don't bear thinking about.
It can get a bit ripe down at Pooh Corner!Only the smell of that recycling plant !!