Recent content by thorneyglatt

I think we've all missed the boat ! (forgive the blatant pun) Hasn't the estate been sold ? Don't know who's bought it, - sadly not me. Glenstrathfarrarr and onwards is a magical place.

What's your lowest price - would you take £20 ?

it's everywhere around me. Agreed there's plenty of blackthorn around, but most of it near me (south of the river) tends to be too bushy with very few 'unbranched' stems of sufficient length, whereas good hazel grows like a weed !!

IMO people only use hazel because they can't straighten sticks ooh that hurt, - probably because there's a grain of truth in it ! Don't run away with the idea that hazel needs no straightening though. That's what I think when I cut them, but by the time they've seasoned they've usually...

Sorry Baguio, have to disagree about hazel. It's my stick of choice, and I've not known one ever break. I've only made forty or fifty admittedly, but I've never heard a user report a failure, and my own have endured some pretty strenuous punishment over half a lifetime.

.........and I thought I was right-wing !! Wow - I've got a lot to learn !

Kenbro, I think your humour may be a little too subtle !!

Don't think you can at the moment !! Even if you could, Teyhan's in Herefordshire (often confused with another county) which is a bit more than 50 or 60 miles from the Smoke !

Heym, don't you think you're getting just a bit obsessive about all this ? I really can't be bothered to argue the case for Brexit, (for me it was never about economic gain or loss so there's nothing I could say that would convince you), and anyway it's happened now. All the arguing in the...

That's a great quote - wish I'd come across it long ago ! Thanks, Ade.

diolch yn fawr ! I knew I'd get somewhere if I kept it civil (post #9) !

Bloomin' Taffs !!

You enjoyed that didn't you ! I'm much wiser ! Will just have to google it - and your 4 tongue-twisters !

Forgive an ignorant Englishman, but where in the Principality is Upper Cwmtwrch ?. - Oh, and welcome to SD !

Lost for words - that's impressive ! Obviously the Rolls Royce of microwaves. You must have been a very wealthy man !!