CS chainsaw assessments

Today I made a small trip over to Salcombe Hill to take a look at the Axewoods Co-operative woodlands project (http://axewoods.org/), a project that aims to promote working and communities in East Devon woodlands.  The project offers the opportunity to learn wood work skills, and free wood to those who want to get involved.

Afterwards I took a walk around some of the National Trust paths on the hill, which offer great views of Sidmouth.  It was a beautiful evening (it’s stopped raining!), and I was treated to a fantastic vista of the sun setting over Devon.

On Monday I had my CS30 and CS31 chainsaw assessments at Bicton college.  Frantic revision over the weekend, and a few tips from Johnny on the reserve the Friday before (thanks Johnny!), helped me through both assessments.  It was a long day with the maintenance part of the assessment at Bicton college in the morning, and the felling taking place on Harcombe hill in the afternoon, but I’m now free to fell trees unsupervised.  Nice.