Month: January 2022

Extracting windblown timber with a horse at Thornthwaite

One Horsepower… Windblow !

31 January 2022 Bill Lloyd 0

(Extract) I learned about heavy horses working a harvest season with Geoffrey Morton in East Yorkshire, then learned about timber snigging with Joss Rawlings in Greystoke Forest. We were paid by the ton, piecework, but windblown timber needed special care. […]

Bio-Diversity Net Gain and Fell ponies

26 January 2022 Bill Lloyd 0

The Fell pony has helped to create the unique habitat and unique culture which has been deemed worthy of World Heritage Site status, and they deserve special recognition and special treatment, rather than exclusion and persecution.