The week before last I spent with my brother coppicing close to where we grew up, on a beautiful river bank coppicing trees as part of a grant program. My brother's a tree surgeon and it's always enjoyable working with him, I always seem to learn lots and its interesting seeing timber from a different perspective.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqw58A6_ZHV8yrktX_NXhyijIfEllOgIEKAusgUjIsIl9WAnQn1uwSJfCUuWieGCXj4zdM4Yn-KD0BW9bG0mZNiCUGfgW6jRuFVCjPTWPyXo5703Lf0Sj10xbA3U0Icj0ixC9On5-h0mU/s400/P1060354.JPG)
I even fell my first tree all by myself (with a chainsaw, this was before the axe course - sorry the posts aren't in order).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaBufQvegJE-Jdn0s5Vi1KAH0pQAcm4v8hQfcPd35-kpJdxyWsHmJoUnbFWV-Ef3uaDMVThGS5ZmYT3Yn7fYErLAS8nX92FPJ8guSDESGLlZCMB9WUYA5ZtYmdNGvRjkVMjd7wiBXIaF4/s400/P1060525.JPG)
Then skip forward a week and I'm just taking on a job in Birmingham that's been offered to me. Luckily it's in the middle of a park (the only reason I agreed to do it - I can pretend I'm not in the city!) gutting and then restoring a turn of the century park keepers cottage into offices and mess rooms. I'm going to be on site as a working Foreman and a carpenter so it should bring more variety my way as well as a full diary for a couple of months. ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSUgsgmHyroor53Cx4rUsKbS0r1mLfHMNdWUTYMVbtfg2u3B8CfTYPmcpYFLPqh-RNYnWsWhyphenhyphen3yfh3POrF501DW4UCqi1tZs5cIM7L2rr1f4CHGTTExd20ApY0Il-hwYPQT5DrZBpOMgE/s400/P1060515.JPG)
The place needs a lot of work but it's always interesting working on old properties - you never know what you might find. Also on a clear frosty morning the park looks quite nice. You'd never guess we were working in a city!![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5l9aLYJq67wPUc7C06ZV6F3QcgkSiYfLxgrCkjjtoU6upNElRVPZA1g_YZVn1xlZ6UMdr6oy9N3VULR9Ra0rFkkectsA1sXKlwZYJVFnc-0PNMPhyhfj6SRqCF_5Y1Tn-irefjC8i7hE/s400/P1060508.JPG)
Nice to see you working in the woods,as well as working with wood. The renovation-remodel looks intersting enjoy it.
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Axes, chainsaws, cross-cut saws and preserving old buildings? You, good sir, are a man after my own heart!
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