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His lakes progs better than most. Not to fluffy! Impossible to please everyone it seems. Great to see James Rebanks on there. Doing and proving live stock still has and can be a big part in real diverse sustainable farming and conservation going forward. Showing it's not rocket surgery! He well worth looking up and his books make a great read. Top bloke that talks a lot of sense! Showing by example. NB

Cone trick works. Simple and easy an very effective once mastered. We used to make them and do it a lot as kids, and catch up some folks escaped birds. Got really good at it. Practiced on chickens and no more stressful than the wild birds i see retraped week after week in mist nets on some sites in the name of science. Some of them rare birds during migration breeding season and hard times to. That's ok though ain't it? If done right, in right place, approached and picked up right birds will sit and stay nice and calm as will most critters when there eyes are covered. Last time i did it was to move some problem peacocks. Little more tricky but job done over two days. No cage, no nets, no chasing, no fuss. Just little bit of fieldcraft and common sense. NB

I thought all the fuss was because a couple of "artists" up for awards (fellas) didn't identify as male or female? In the past would of just been classed as bi/asexual? As some folk who aren't famous are still happy to be without working the whole agender thing for attention . . . . All going off in Poland. They have recently declared some areas, towns and city's LGBT free zones.

Spot on GG!

In a well known farming incident my way several years back. A fella was bailing straw in a remote field when he got a blockage on the bailer. He tried to clear the blockage without shutting down and got pulled into the bailer and was trapped by his smashed arm. Realising no help would come and things weren't going to go well if he didn't act soon, he decided and managed to cut his own lower arm off with what he described to the press at the time as "a ladies penknife". He managed to get himself free, stop the bleeding and walk some distance to get help. He one of the few folk i see about that still wears a hook. Some tough ol boi's in Suffolk. NB

Dirt cheap! 😉 Seen and worked on plenty like it over the years. Any needles n condoms? Or worse, bodies? Worst was where a body had burnt in an arm chair. Leaving ceiling stained and dripping with human grease and fat. No specialist cleaners back then and i was only a boy. Looks like nice old place. NB

Obviously you could see it had a lot of pootential. 🙂🤢 NB

There is a tin rattling post about it on WJ blog if anyone is interested. Some of it strange talk for an org that say they are not anti shooting! Gona be some changes i think. A few new regular posters on their social media and other shooting sites having a go. WJ 3 are experts at passive aggressive hate speech. Interesting how anti's/viewers have turned on and trolling Monty Don hard for supporting his fellow presenters right to go to follow a hunt. NB

Looks great! Bit different. Lovely job. NB

WJ have spoken to their legal team Leigh Day and are going to appeal and object to paying costs! After BASC etc said any costs awarded would be donated to the gamekeepers welfare fund. Bad losers! Just more grandstanding. Hope they are charged more for wasting more public money by appealing. NB

If only they dared! NB

Good post Jaymo. Spot on! NB

Spot on Turbo33! We been pointing out and saying this for ages. Hopefully the law can see the same. Calm as ya like he was protesting at the palace the very next day and quick to put out accusing media messages and vids whipping up his followers and funds. NB

Very sus! Especially his behaviour around it. Lot of accusations and assumptions from him and his mob considering it's an on going police investigation. Vids he put out delivered in his wooden style and asking people to sign petitions almost like they been prepared. Strangely convenient, yet again! Wonder if it out to do with/go back at the fact sabs were filmed shown harassing folk at a trail hunt with stones hidden behind there back on FSC other day. Strange to he and followers mouthing off it must be shooting and field sports folk responsible? Loads of folk just can't stand him! As he now hiding behind nature and conservation yet again and this time to have a go at the royals. Could of been passionate royalists. There's plenty out there. He says he had another badger and other animals dumped at his house. So frequent now he doesn't bother mentioning it to his girlfriend or step daughter. Really? Surely he would get them on camera? Doesn't mention in his ramblings that a burnt out flat bed truck and a dead cow were also found on the same night within a mile of his home. Oh no! That would take the attention away from him and his agenda! . . . . . . Comical that Megan McCubin was going on last week about how much we need badgers to keep earthworms and insects in check. Bizzare! NB

Spot on! Along with Bo Jo's dad, Dim Dom Dyer and the Conservative conservation group. NB

How big your room Yates? How many days did they say it would take? What's your expectation, spec/job entail/types of finish/colour scheme and brand/quality of paint to be used etc? How many doors, frames, type of trim etc? Is that with carpet up appliances and furniture removed or institute? Who will be moving it? Your time scale, ease of access, would you need access during job etc? Can be lot of variables on what seems simple one off single/main room of house jobs. Variables on all or some of these things can easily add or SAVE time and cost if not made clear or asked by both customer and tradesman. All worth discussing at time of getting estimate/site visit. If not this can be how estimates vary so much at times and some thinking over priced. NB

Chatting to a countryman/journalist that met him once. Asked what he made of him. Simply said, " Soft hands, sweats a lot"! 🙂 NB

The battle for the Uplands against Authoritarian Conservation. Another well written great book worth a read! Reread, and valuable reference book! Everyone who cares about shooting and conservation should know who Ian Coghill is! He pulls no punches and has proper go exposing many truths that folk need to know about the failings of the RSPB and their agendas! Yet another book and author Avery has reviewed and slagged off! After both Ian and Mary Colwell having been guest bloggers on his site in the past. NB

Anyone see/hear what Dr No had to say or meet him? Apparently he was invited and had a stage debate with Andrew Gilruth that was set up by Charlie Jacoby. I thought it was a joke at first. WHY? Why give him any kind if platform!? Or let him think he or WJ has any credibility! Is there something going on we not told about? He? They are anti shooting! We know they hiding behind conservation to try and get rid if shooting! End of! . . They even gave him a minder (called Nobby) and a free lunch. Disappointed! . . , . Rude Thingy wasted no time in whipping up the rabid mob to slag off Aim To Sustain. I hope they doers and more than a black slapping talking shop! NB

Same here. Cost seem to put many off private jobs. Getting asked to doing more murals in recent years though. I have nowt like the fine line talent you have. Mine mainly simplistic interactive murals in schools, care centres/homes, community hubs NHS etc. Mainly nature/tree of life based if i have input on theme. Always been influenced by C F Tunnicliffe (remember the "what to look for series" ladybird books) since a kid. Keep it simple. Hardest bit i find is doing artwork along side day job/commercial work. little brush v big brush, roller etc. Hence i asked. Difficult to get an arty head on when other trades. noise and folk about. Often end up doing it evening/night/weekends when no one about. Tried to get other artists involved/do them for me but few keen to, can work on busy sites or at height. Or willing to change what they have done sometimes to match overall scheme/decor of job. Find it hard to put a price on creating any piece of art in a general estimate/quote to? Try to find out what budget they have got and create a work to it. I think that's why i have trouble finding other artists that can/willing to work to a budget. Suggested using students in past, but to much red tape/health and safety. . . Even in these difficult times always amazed there's funds available for such things and where it comes from. Co-Op and HLF funded last one i did. Another reason i ask is because at the mo i am looking into how/doing my most challenging one to date. Huge and high 1150m2 hall ceiling, over sprung wooden floor. Meaning only able to use manual light access tower and 2 weeks to complete whole thing. All came about after a random joke about Michael Angelo in a meeting. Been decorating 40yrs and met very few that combine both. . . . Sadly there very little demand now for the other old decorating skills of graining, marbling, gilding, sign writing and broken colour effects we learnt doing City& Gilds apprenticeship/college back then either. NB

Nice work Scully! Do you get asked or do murals in the day job/ commercial side? NB

Nice work! Job jobed! NB

Cracking day! And one hell of a view! NB

Great birds! Looks like there maybe a third over by the grass? NB

It's great you have got willow tits. Especially if they are breeding. As said very rare now! Used to see/hear them a lot in old osier beds on a couple of farms. They liked nesting in soft willow stumps. BTO boi's that ring on the farms were saying it is thought they don't breed in Suffolk now. Squirrels a big predator of them. Some think each pair needs 7hec for a territory. Seems a lot. NB