Thats not a tree it's an up-side-down broom

If you need to brush-up on your tree id skills then this site should help you with the more common trees found in the UK

Some free PDF's

www.naturedetectives.org.uk has some great free PDFs to download aimed at kids or even 'noobs' they are worth a look. Print some off next time you have kids with you on a trip to the woods.
The whole site is great for kids who have an interest in nature.
Highly recommended.

Grouped by season, these ID sheets provide a simple aid to getting to know common trees, flowers, butterflies, birds and insects. The sheets are designed for beginners, but some are also helpful for more advanced identification needs, for instance distinguishing between winter twigs.

How The West Was Lost

Demonoid Torrent

Some guy has kindly transferred his collection of this series from VHS onto his PC to share, i downloaded out of interest. Its about different native Indian tribes and their side of the story of how the lost their homeland to the Americans.
The sound is slightly out of sync on the first one but not unwatchable. This isn't a feel good series as you might expect but interesting to watch (and sad too).
I think this was first shown on Discovery in the early 90's but it's hard to find any info on this series, Amazon.com market place has a few of the VHS tapes for some of the episodes and the sound track but it's not on DVD

01 Navajo - A Clash Of Cultures.avi 479.89 MB
02 Cheyenne - The Only Good Indian Is A Dead Indian.avi 480.92 MB
03 Seminole - The Unconquered.avi 473.36 MB
04 Nez Perce - I Will Fight No More Forever.avi 481.54 MB
05 Apache - Always The Enemy.avi 481.46 MB
06 Iroquois - Divide We Fall.avi 481.43 MB
07 Cherokee - The Trail Of Tears.avi 478.58 MB
08 Lakota - A Good Day To Die.avi 481.17 MB
09 Lakota - Kill The Indian, Save The Man.avi 782.81 MB
10 Dakota - Let Them Eat Grass.avi 479.93 MB
11 Modoc - Death Will Come Soon Enough.avi 481.54 MB
12 Ute - The Utes Must Go.avi 481.43 MB
13 Five Tribes - As Long As The Grass Shall Grow.avi 481.56 MB

Les Hiddins

Old Les was in an episode of Victoria's Empire with Victoria Wood, i downloaded the episode and cut out the bit he was in, sorry about the screen aspect but that's how the original file was and i'm no good with recoding etc (it took me 2 days just to grab this bit without ending up with a massive file size). Anyway, Les is doing what he does best and giving Victoria Wood a taste of wild Australia, shame it wasn't any longer.


Les Hiddins from Nomad Of Soul on Vimeo.

Godspeed You Black Emperor - The Dead Flag Blues

A dark and moody track from one of the greatest unsung bands that are sadly no more.
The video is made by a fan.

Courses of interest in Chichester

The Weald & Downland open air museum has been running some great courses for quite some time and this year is no different, be sure to check out the full list of courses HERE
There's flint Knapping with John Lord
Prehistoric cooking lessons
Longbow making
Wild flower walks
Free food courses
Bronze sword casting
Bat walks
Fungi walks
Coracle making
All sorts of herbal courses
and plenty more but can be quite pricey so it's case of choosing wisely, most of these courses are active more than once throughout the year and happen every year.