"I saw someone else locally on gumtree offering free tree surgery for the firewood. Watch yourself Chris!"

"Makes me wish I worked in England and not rural Northern Ireland. When I recently mentioned £20 per hour to a farmers wife for mowing, she laughed and said that the man who comes to spread their slurry with 2 tractors at 50k each and a…"

"A few of my favourites from the Mourne Mountains here in N.Ireland. Th first is the sunrise over Slieve Donard, the highest mountain in the Mournes, the second is the summit shelter on Slieve Commedagh, then Slieve Bernagh and lastly Cove…"

"I'm in Lanzarote on hols, looking forward seeing mine when I get home."

"Congratulations Matt, well done. Calendar ordered."

"Im a bit like this too, finish this thursday 20th and off over christmas and new year and then off somewhere hot and sunny on 6th january for a week.  "

"Me too."

"|It all seems oof to me, no detail in any of the cliffs or the person walking. Sorry"

"Taken a couple of months ago in the Mourne Mountains, N. Ireland "

"The biggest problem with LJN is that we all know who runs/owns it and we feel that gives us a right to try to influence it or have our say in running it. We don't. It is phil's baby, end of. I belong to 2 other forums, have no idea who…"

"Congratulations Phil, it is a credit to you for all your hard work. Phil"

"It will depend a bit on the format of the camera that you are using as to the field of view that you get from any lens. Is your camera full frame or a cropped sensor? On my nikon d5100 which is a cropped sensor format I use a 10-20 lens. The lower…"

"There was a thread like this last year, if you do a quick search you will find it."

"Yes! It is usually the only way to get hold of me so of course i give it out. Most of my customers dont know my home number though. I dont mind getting texts or calls at any time. Phil"

"Looks the part, good job. Phil"

"Here in Northern Ireland i stopped along the road today to watch 6 herons walking through the last few inches of flood water that is left hunting frogs. The floods have been out here in some low lying areas since before christmas and are eventually…"