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Back from the 7th Somerset Scythe Festival
Just back from the my trip away to Edale and then Somerset. A week full of steel, blades, mowing and some rain. A brilliant week; such a lot happened that I’ll take a day or two to sort through the … Continue reading
Beginners' course fully booked
My first course of the year, for beginners (and folk wanting a refresher) is now fully booked. There’s an interesting mix of people, from those who already have a scythe but are struggling to get the best from it, to … Continue reading
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Tagged beginners, course, cumbria, learn to mow, learn to scythe, mowing, scythe
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Scythe documents declassified!
Thanks to unnamed contacts sympathetic to the Scytherspace cause I have come into possession of an FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization of the US) document entitled Report to the Goverment of Iraq on Small Agricultural Implements which has been specially declassified for … Continue reading
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Schröckenfux tshirt
Thanks to Christiane, I am now the proud owner of my very own Schröckenfux tshirt, as modeled here in Kendal on a rare sunny day.
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Not out of the woods yet
Perhaps my thoughts that we had saved our national forests were a bit premature. As Mark Allery points out, this was all a bit too easy and noone is quite sure what the minister means when she says she “got … Continue reading
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Tagged 38 degrees, Forest, rory stewart, sell-off
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Forests saved
Today I feel very proud to have been a tiny part of the campaign to stop our government from selling off more of our national assets. We get used to feeling like national policies are out of our hands and … Continue reading
Britain's cutest log cabin
I’m not sure I would have used the word ‘cute’ to describe it but nonetheless it’s very satisfying to see the log cabin I worked on in 2009 getting national coverage. Over the course of 4 months I worked as … Continue reading
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Tagged cabin, cumbria, edenhall, log cabin, scribed
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Call your MP
I’ve been following the story of the forest sell-off, building up information from campaign sites, news stories and blogs like this one from my friend Mark Allery, another woodland worker. Today, as MPs were debating and voting on the governments … Continue reading
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Tagged 38 degrees, Forest, rory stewart, sell-off
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Grizedale 'Save Lakeland's Forests' Rally
Today I stood in the cold with hundreds of others to show my concern over the government’s plan to sell off our nationally-owned forests. The lively crowd was made up of a broad cross-section of society and it was great … Continue reading
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Wensleydale Header
Scytherspace has a new header! I’ve been looking for ages for a picture to replace the generic one supplied by wordpress and put in a request during the Scythe Association meeting. My search had taken me through the pages of … Continue reading