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Back Competing at The Nationals!
At the end of October I headed up to Driffield, East Yorkshire, for the 45th National Hedgelaying Championships. It was […]
A New Season and New Learners
I started the 2024 / 2025 season by running an Introduction to Hedgelaying course for two people on the Norfolk […]
Midland Day 2024
At the end of March 24 the South of England Hedgelaying Society had it’s annual Midland Day followed by an […]
Back on The Norfolk Estate Again
In March 24 I was back on familiar ground once again as I was asked to lay Around 240 metres […]
Training and Travels
The beginning of 2024 also saw me involved in training courses and competitions, as well as travelling to Holland for […]
Garden Hedges Again
At the end of January 2024 I was invited to lay a short stretch of hedge bordering the client’s front […]
Building Back Up Again
Having kicked my Lymphoma into touch, I was keen to get back to work as soon as I felt up […]
2023. An Eventful Year…
After the highs of the 2022 / 23 hedgelaying season I was brought back down to Earth very rapidly by […]
Competition Hedge Re-visited
My wife was back on the Isle of Wight recently and, with time to kill before the return ferry, she […]
A Gem of a Hedge
My last hedgelaying job of the season was on a lovely hedge over at Milland which is northwest of Midhurst. […]
Success Continues!
On the 25th February I made the journey across the Solent to the Isle of Wight Hedgelaying Competition. I had […]
That Winning Feeling!
The 29th October saw around 100 hedgelayers from across the Country descend upon Wallingford, Oxfordshire for the 43rd National Hedgelaying […]
An End of Season Challenge
Towards the end of March, I was persuaded to undertake a hedgelaying job at the foot of the South Downs […]
Lucky Number 13
On 20th February I joined around 30 other cutters at the South of England Hedgelaying Society Annual Competition, this year […]
Back on the Norfolk Estate…
At the end of January I was invited back to the Norfolk Estate to undertake some more hedgelaying. I had […]
Hedgerow Restoration
First job of the New Year was over near East Tisted in Hampshire and involved laying a 30 metre stretch […]
Boundary Enhancements
From the beginning of December 2021 I have been working two days a week for myself once again. I still […]
The Nationals 2021
With the cancellation of the National Hedgelaying Society Annual Competition 2020 due to Covid, there was a huge sense of […]
A Change of Circumstances
Over the last two and a half years I have worked on and off with the Leconfield Estate forestry team, […]
The Nationals 2019
On the last weekend of October it was time once again for the National Hedge-laying Championships, this time at Pewsey […]
A Different Style of Hedge-laying
At the end of each season, the South of England Hedge-laying Society puts on a training day where experienced members […]
A Fine Restoration Job
In March 2019 I was invited to undertake some hedge-laying for the Norfolk Estate. I had been approached by the […]
A hefty hedgerow
At the end of February I undertook a short section of hedge-laying for a landowner in Puttenham near Guildford. The […]
South of England H/L Competition
On the 17th February it was time once again for the South of England H/L Society annual competition. We returned […]
Hedge-laying training
At the beginning of February I was down at Binstead near Arundel leading a hedge-laying training day for the South […]
Back to the woods again….
At the start of the New Year, my associate and I were contracted to carry out management in woodland near […]
Tree planting in the wake of Chalara
At the beginning of December, John (my associate) and I undertook some tree planting in a woodland near Billingshurst on […]
By invitation only….
Following my relative success at the Nationals, I was invited to take part in the Patron’s hedge-laying competition at the […]
It’s The Nationals!
In what seemed like the blink of an eye it was time once again for the high-light of the hedge-laying […]
A Neat Little Job
In the middle of October I was working for a client in Cranleigh who had contacted me about some hedge-laying. […]
A little more than I bargained for…..
Last week I spent three days working on a boundary hedge for a landowner near Midhurst. The hedgerow was actually […]
Hurstpierpoint Competition
Continuing with my plan to build up competition experience prior to the Nationals later this month, I entered the hedge-laying […]
Let the Competitions Commence!
In what seems like the mere blink of an eye, the seasons have turned and we are back into hedge-laying […]
Transforming a Garden Boundary
At the beginning of August, I was working for a landowner near Guildford who had invited me to do some […]
South of England Hedge-laying Competition 2018
On 18th February I joined 33 other cutters for the 34th SoEHLS Annual Competition. The organisers had found a superb […]
Meanwhile, back at Lodge Copse….
Yesterday I was working at Lodge Copse on the Barlavington Estate. It’s always nice to be back there as I […]
Back to felling again
At the start of January, my associate John and I were invited to do some tree felling up on the […]
Working with what you’ve got
Recently I was invited by a landowner to undertake some hedge-laying along the edge of his access drive. When I […]
Hedge-laying training
On the 9th December I joined fellow members of the South of England Hedge-laying Society in Findon for the third […]
Hedgerow Heaven!
About a month ago I was invited to undertake a hedge-laying job in Fernhurst. The landowner is very enthusiastic about […]
The Nationals!
After weeks of waiting, the National Hedge-laying Championships at Stourhead, Wiltshire, were finally upon us. I had been looking forward […]
Working with Artizans
Two weeks ago I was back in the woods felling timber. I was working with Dylan Walker of Artizans of […]
Back with the South of England gang….
Two weekends ago I joined fellow cutters from the South of England Hedge-laying Society at Scotney Castle, Lamberhurst, for the […]
It’s hedge-laying season!
A couple of weeks ago I undertook a short section of hedge-laying for a customer in Haslemere. The hedge itself […]
Working an ancient woodland
Back in the summer I was contracted by the Leconfield Estate to provide a month’s worth of cover for one […]
Let’s talk turkey (oak)
Wherever I have been managing woodland over the years, one job always seems to crop up on a regular basis: […]
………..and back again!
On the 18th March I joined fellow members of the SOEHLS for our annual hedge-laying fun day at Fletching, near […]
From hedge-laying to hedge planting………
Having done a fair bit of hedge-laying this season, it has been great to do some hedge planting as well. […]
A prickly subject……
A few weeks back I was asked to look at a scrub clearing job up at Lynchmere Ridge. ‘A bit […]
It’s competition time……
On 19th February I joined 40 other cutters at the 33rd South of England Hedge-laying Society annual competition at Magham […]
Back in the woods again…..
After all the hedge-laying of late it has been brilliant to get back into the woods and cut timber again. […]
Enthusing the next generation
The day after the two-day course in Kent, I was leading a week of hedge-laying training for students at Brinsbury […]
Passing-on the skills
The second weekend in January saw me heading off to Sittingbourne in Kent, where I was running a two day […]
There’s a hedgerow here somewhere……
No sooner had the New Year started and I joined the SOEHLS once again for another day of hedge-laying. This […]
Coppicing for Wildlife
In mid-December we were back on familiar ground in a large woodland near Fernhurst. This particular woodland is home to […]
No two hedges are ever the same……
At the beginning of December I once again joined members of the South of England Hedge-laying Society (SOEHLS), this time […]
It’s steady rain, so it must be hedge-laying season……..
At the beginning of November I headed up to Byfleet, Surrey, and joined with fellow members of the South of […]
Perfect Weather for Forestry!
Due to technical issues, I’ve only just been able to start blogging, so the following are a few posts from […]
Welcome to Weald Woodsman
Hello and welcome to the Latest Work section. Here I will showcase my latest projects and give you some insight […]
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