ceffylau gwaith Carnog working horses

ceffylau gwaith Carnog working horses I work with my cob horses doing horselogging, bracken rolling, harrowing, teaching and demonstrations

I have been lured into trying Instagram as a social network platform that might work better for me. But it seems silly n...
05/06/2025

I have been lured into trying Instagram as a social network platform that might work better for me. But it seems silly not to link to this page as I know there are a lot of people on here who have been our supporters for years. But....I only seem to be able to link Instagram to my personal page and I don't want to do that( this is one reason I don't want to use Facebook as I don't want to use my personal page just this page) so any techies got an idea if it is possible to link Instagram to a business/secondary page?
This is a couple of photos from a recent challenging job which in the photos looks like joy on earth, where in fact it was actually really difficult and in hot hot too, but we did it and the ponies got me through!
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28/02/2025

I thought this was fun! Want to see what our life is really like? We have been clearing out the stream a bit. Tyler on go faster mode! It was over 25 mins but speeded up. A few gaps where nothing happens (about 30 sec gap each time), I thought Mabel could have done a dance or something but nevermind!

27/02/2025

Short video of Tyler and the timber arch in the river /footpath.

You don't get to see too much of Tyler on here these days so I thought I would show a few bits we have been up to recent...
27/02/2025

You don't get to see too much of Tyler on here these days so I thought I would show a few bits we have been up to recently. The task here was to clear some felled ash trees along this footpath (which also resembles a stream for a lot of the time) the access was tight but there were also a lot of tree roots and archaeological features along the stream that I didn't want to hit with the log to either damage them or it would be horrid for the horse too. The route round the wood nearby was even worse in terms of lots of other trees and hundreds of archaeological features (large rocks!) so the stream was the best option. Here I brought in the timber arch, which I rarely use but was ideal here as it lifts the timber up in the air. We found a route round and then up the stream gradually removing logs one or two at a time as we could. I took a short video and a time lapse too to show it a bit more. Tyler on go faster speed is good fun! But we needed her steady level head for this millimetre precision task. Removed about 20 trees in all, approx 40 plus lengths like this.

08/02/2025

Part of our current work is involving using the horses to pull down hung up trees or branches. If you join us on our course this is something you will learn how to do and it is a vital skill for a horselogger. I tried to film it but accidentally did a time lapse so it's a bit quick, but quite fun! Glad Bluebell got in a munch of the brambles whilst waiting!!

One place on our upcoming course!After booking up quickly unfortunately someone has had to drop out of our upcoming 3 da...
08/02/2025

One place on our upcoming course!
After booking up quickly unfortunately someone has had to drop out of our upcoming 3 day course.
We have just started work at the site we are using for the course, which is a Celtic Rainforest woodland by the sea! It's a great opportunity to come to join us on a live contract and learn all about how to plan and execute horselogging on a grand scale! Lots of hands on experience.
If anyone fancies it please get in touch. Course details in the flier. Three days £300. Please share with anyone and everyone!

Over the years we have constantly looked for new and different ways to find work for the horses. We often talk about wor...
24/01/2025

Over the years we have constantly looked for new and different ways to find work for the horses. We often talk about working on inaccessible sites but what does this mean in reality? Sometimes it is a narrow entrance or path, maybe it is really steep but also remote. This recent site was another site to clear scrub and bracken to replicate the traditional methods of management that would have been there before. All to primarily benefit the biodiversity, especially for the Pearl bordered Fritillary butterfly. But this site was a long way from a road, across an undulating and then steep field and then down an even steeper bracken bank into the heart of the site. We were to burn all the brash and so had to get sheets and blocks to the site to lift the fire off the ground. We had to take water for the fire, horses and humans, food for us all too, chainsaws and all the usual work kit. We employed our sledge to get most things to the bracken slope and also on some days we packed our pony up with all the gear dangling like a bucking bronco! Thankfully they are used to carrying a pack. It is not quite so comfy hooked on their harness as it bobbles about a bit but if we balance the weight they can carry a lot. We had to rig up an onsite baler twine and stick marvel to drag the sheets about and the ponies even pulled them back up this steep bank! Which I didn't expect them to do as it was a sheer up! We used the hawthorn we were clearing like a harrow by dragging branches of it through the bracken to the fire. It probably all sounds a bit crazy but we are nothing but determined, inventive and willing. Another task completed with Pony Power!

The horses have been having an extended holiday over Christmas. They had been very kindly grazing some grass for someone...
12/01/2025

The horses have been having an extended holiday over Christmas. They had been very kindly grazing some grass for someone else locally over Christmas. But then it snowed and they have been stuck up a snowy mountain for a week when my truck failed it's MOT too. They were quite happy with their lot but we couldn't miss this opportunity to explore the mountain in the snow and so finally got out to do this. We were all puffing a bit but it's back to work now so we will be fit again soon! This is a route I have been thinking about running pack pony walks on and if I could guarantee the snow I think it could be one of the best walks of your life! Hmm lots to think about.

We are pleased to be able to share details of this very special opportunity. Come and learn the skills of horselogging w...
17/12/2024

We are pleased to be able to share details of this very special opportunity. Come and learn the skills of horselogging with me and the team! It's a really fabulous location where you can join us to immerse yourself in the world of working horses in a Celtic Rainforest for three whole days. Only three places so please contact us soon to book your place. Any questions please ask here or send us a message. 07901741217.
Please share with everyone!

15/12/2024

Earlier in the year we were filmed along with Kara Mara as part of a series of films to promote working in forestry in Wales. Doing it for the Timber Jills !

Another recent job took us over the border into Shropshire and to part of Gibbons Coppice, the woodland of green wood wo...
13/12/2024

Another recent job took us over the border into Shropshire and to part of Gibbons Coppice, the woodland of green wood worker Michael Taylor We have carried out work here over a number of years helping Mike to bring this coppice wood back into rotation. Some years have been short steep pulls and bigger wood but this year it was a long, long up and down pull with lots of small material. Some people might think coppicing is an easy part of forestry but like a lot of what we do it is more complex than it looks to do it efficiently and well. To turn this twisted collection of trees into neat and tidy piles of wood ready for extraction as efficiently as possible is skilful. I helped Mike with the felling which was awkward as it was on a steep bank and the wood was all twisted round each other but it's such a pleasing challenge when you have started to make progress and it is all neatly presented on the ground. Then the horses came in to clear it all out. The extraction route was long, about 300m up and down and pretty tiring for all but we kept chugging on and got there in the end. When the ground was clear again we were able to fell a few of the larger trees and got them out for Mike too. All the wood will be converted in some way, either into his beautiful wooden products, charcoal or firewood. But also that area of his coppice can start anew and next time it is harvested it will be a lot easier and the product should be even more valuable. As always at Mike's a good time was had. It's a good feeling to use our skills in this way for someone who can make value of the wood and the cycle goes on as it would have done for many years before and keeping all these traditional skills alive. Plus Mike made me a lot of bacon sandwiches and tea which always helps.

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