Vicious Brambles

[+Wintonian]

Hi I've only just started caching and am redescovering the past time of being attaked by verious forms of plant life, though unfortunatly I am also redesovering why I gave it up as a kid.

 

With brambles savagley attaking you and trees trying to poke your eye out (one nearly succeded today) is this a secret plot amongest the plant world to overtake the planet and enslave the human race (other creatures don't seem to be in their plans,) and how do you protect yourself againts this thret. Maybe use Secateurs, fire or maybe something slightly more enviomently freindly and more with in the spirit of things like spending copius amounts in the chemist buying plasters.

 

Or maybe I should just go home when it gets dark.

 

Thanks

[+wkmccall]

 

Or maybe I should just go home when it gets dark.

 

Thanks

 

I grew up in the woods hunting and fishing so these really don't bother me that much. I've had my share of battle scars when bush whacking though.

 

"Home after dark" ?? Naaaah... I normally use a flashlight )

[+briansnat]

...and how do you protect yourself againts this thret

 

Plenty of rubbing alcohol.

 

Edited November 24, 2008 by briansnat

[+OEnavigators]

 

Lots........and lots of alcohol.

[+wkmccall]

...and how do you protect yourself againts this thret

 

Plenty of rubbing alcohol.

 

 

That's what My legs looked like last Friday after a day of caching and I was even wearing long pants! )

It's Heck when you don't see the drainage ditch because of the fallen leaves!!

[+Wintonian]

I get the feeling we should have a knobbely knees compietion.

 

Prizes for he worst kness and worst scratchs?

[+briansnat]

Note blood splashed on back of shorts.

 

Edited November 24, 2008 by briansnat

[+The Blorenges]

I have had the honour of having a pair of secateurs named after me.

 

After our log on "The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over the Lazy Dog", the cache owner Hugh Jampton and his caching mate ChaoticaUK decided to make a pair of secateurs part of their regular caching kit and now refer to them as "the MrsB's".

[+Coyote's Girl]

What we need here is a smiley wth a bag over its head (kinda embarrased I don't know )... I'm assuming that secatures are what I've heard galled "hedge clippers" over here. Kinda scary big scissors (razor sharp rusty blade and bits of dirt optional)? Sounds like a good idea to keep in a bag, but you'll fail your "Pass without trace" roll..... Now I just need a way to keep the varrious versions of the burr out of my hair.

Edited November 24, 2008 by Butterfly Fox

[+The Blorenges]

What we need here is a smiley wth a bag over its head (kinda embarrased I don't know )... I'm assuming that secatures are what I've heard galled "hedge clippers" over here. Kinda scary big scissors (razor sharp rusty blade and bits of dirt optional)?...

 

 

 

Sounds like a good idea to keep in a bag, but you'll fail your "Pass without trace" roll...

 

I manage to justify their use by the fact that brambles are extremely vigorous natural predators and they laugh in the face of a little light pruning

 

As for your problem with burrs, may I suggest wearing one of these when you're next out caching?...

 

 

MrsB

[+ReadyOrNot]

I had a cache removed by a "Friends of the park" type group once. They claimed it was disturbing the plant life. I hid the cache in some invasive blackberries....

 

One man's trash is another man's treasure

[+briansnat]

I'm assuming that secatures are what I've heard galled "hedge clippers" over here

 

I had to google it. I just call them pruning shears.

[+markandsandy]

I'm assuming that secatures are what I've heard galled "hedge clippers" over here

 

I had to google it. I just call them pruning shears.

Same here.

 

We could have used them this weekend going to An Old Railroad Bridge. Both of us are scratched up, but not quite as bad as some of you.

[+The Blorenges]

I'm assuming that secatures are what I've heard galled "hedge clippers" over here

 

I had to google it. I just call them pruning shears.

Same here...

 

Once again, "two countries divided by a common language."

 

... I had to google patootie over in the Off Topic.

 

MrsB

[+Harry Dolphin]

What we need here is a smiley wth a bag over its head (kinda embarrased I don't know )... I'm assuming that secatures are what I've heard galled "hedge clippers" over here. Kinda scary big scissors (razor sharp rusty blade and bits of dirt optional)?...

 

 

 

Sounds like a good idea to keep in a bag, but you'll fail your "Pass without trace" roll...

 

I manage to justify their use by the fact that brambles are extremely vigorous natural predators and they laugh in the face of a little light pruning

MrsB

 

Pruning shears are indispensible for trail maintenance. (Undecided at this point whether I will continue trail maintenance, but that's another story.) Locally, we have a very vigorous lily called greenbriar. I think it will take over the world. Nasty stuff. Then there are wild roses, and blackberries. Also nasty.

[+Wintonian]

Once again, "two countries divided by a common language."

 

We call it 'tomato/ tomato' in the UK (one occerance of the word is substatuted by it's pronaciation in it's perticular country) - sorry for confusing - probobly confused you all again. Prehaps someone else might explain in a better way?

 

I was thinking of taking a pair out with me but thought it might not be very enviomentaly frendly - so I asume it's ok if it's only the evil brambles your sabotarging.

 

Also am I just paronid in thinking that the plant life are trying to take over the world ??

 

(p.s. I am a terrable speller)

[jholly]

...and how do you protect yourself againts this thret

 

Plenty of rubbing alcohol.

 

 

I really like those pretty purple shoelaces

 

Jim

[+briansnat]

...and how do you protect yourself againts this thret

 

Plenty of rubbing alcohol.

 

 

I really like those pretty purple shoelaces

 

Jim

 

Sierra Laces. Actually they are blue and red striped. They just look purple in the photo

Edited November 25, 2008 by briansnat