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Title: Salt Island gets a hair cut
Post by: b0ogaloo on September 02, 2012
The front of the bothy had become a bit overgrown with reeds, nettles, thistle and various other jaggy stingy things , I launched from Killyleagh on Friday afternoon into a complete B@st##d of a head wind and paddled over to the island ,
I  was amazed to find the table and benches I had built were still there ..

On Saturday morning after a good breakfast  I started work .... some before and after pics

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9ecW-fwHhTQ/UENgH7U8N1I/AAAAAAAAJrQ/CB22TxzV-Yc/s640/IMAG0709.jpg)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Q0RbF6xWoW0/UENgIzlpfLI/AAAAAAAAJrY/6aa4uIZgCio/s640/IMAG0710.jpg)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ohM4nCzNLEQ/UENgJhzzTsI/AAAAAAAAJrg/L8AX1SjH2nA/s640/IMAG0711.jpg)

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ww5mqo753oc/UENgPPB-weI/AAAAAAAAJsI/Z3JINWR9EYw/s640/IMAG0716.jpg)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-6NJ8s-Ib910/UENgV_v91cI/AAAAAAAAJs4/uE6tBKEG-v8/s640/IMAG0722.jpg)

raked it all up into piles and dumped it over the wall :D

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-cDnZBnOC5D0/UENgcwcNESI/AAAAAAAAJtg/wDuCH2jg_94/s640/IMAG0727.jpg)

Another job ticked off my to do list

Andy



Title: Re: Salt Island gets a hair cut
Post by: wee gaz on September 02, 2012
cracking job. such a change from all the litter we now see all around
Title: Re: Salt Island gets a hair cut
Post by: Mourneman on September 02, 2012
Top class job mate,karma awarded :)
Title: Re: Salt Island gets a hair cut
Post by: RedLeader on September 03, 2012
Brilliant job, good to see you doing it old school but it looks tiring.
Title: Re: Salt Island gets a hair cut
Post by: b0ogaloo on September 03, 2012
Brilliant job, good to see you doing it old school but it looks tiring.

Ahh its not so bad .. secret is to sharpen the sickle every 10 mins or so ..  I could've done it a  lot quicker with a sythe ... but impossible to carry one over in the kayak

Andy
Title: Re: Salt Island gets a hair cut
Post by: Shan Doan on September 03, 2012
Hard work’s never easy! A good job well done Andy. I wouldn’t have the lower back for that.