16/02/2025
Absolutely mega first week back after Nz. Spent most of the week working with the lads (and Kelly) from
Started of on Monday and Tuesday, removing a load of Ash trees from an allotment site in Preston due to ash dieback. A fair bit of climbing from myself and a little bit of felling (where possible as we were trying to avoid damage to other tree's in the area) and Dave in the MEWP on the first day.
Then, on Wednesday, it was onto a roadside Lombardy Poplar on Croston Road, with me climbing on the field side and Dave using the MEWP on the limbs over the road up to where he could reach. With myself topping the tree then jumping in the MEWP to chog the stem down.
Finally, today, removing another Lombardy in the centre of Leyland, again with Dave doing what he could from the MEWP and myself doing all the rest via climbing and rigging limbs before finally bringing the stem down via a mixture of snatching and then chogging to a point where it could be felled.