by Mark Roberts | Jan 31, 2018 | Trees
The line between social media and social networking can be a fine one. Once you press enter, and your comments appear in a group chat the roller-coaster begins and where or when it stops nobody knows. On one occasion, I innocently entered a slow-burning chat that...
by Mark Roberts | Jan 24, 2018 | Trees
A while back I gave a presentation on risk; ‘Risky Business – the business of risk.’ I was able to present it a few times and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was intentionally emotive ‘Disaster is lurking and we will save you’. I filled it with selected statistics for...
by Mark Roberts | Dec 29, 2017 | Trees
Today I visited my favourite stub. Yes, A stub, not a pruning cut but a stub. I also got to try out my new rope wrench; its purple, so it doesn’t go as fast as the red ones and it’s not as cool as the black ones – the wrench worked well, the climber…...
by Mark Roberts | Dec 13, 2017 | Trees
Recently I was asked to review a unit of competency. When I say, ‘I was asked’ the ask was to industry, and when I say ‘industry’, it was the industry in the widest possible context, so really every man, woman, child and their dog was asked to be involved....
by Mark Roberts | Nov 15, 2017 | Trees
Tree or ‘crown shyness’ is where the uppermost branches of different trees in a forest canopy avoid touching one another. This stand-offish approach creates clearly defined borders when viewed from below the forest canopy appears to fit together like some crazy...
