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News and observations arising from my work as a forestry consultant, with the occasional comments about other matters.

Long time no post.

Well, okay, maybe several weeks isn't that long between posts but it is longer than I would like.

I have several topics of discussion rattling around in my cavernous (i.e. empty)  brain space but I have just not had the time to work them up into a post. Perhaps those impending cold, long and dark winter nights will provide the opportunity.

That said, I may even be too busy to post much even then. I am certainly hoping that this will be the case with my work situation once the adverts that I recently procured begin to take effect.

Here's a picture of the first of them. It's a modest advert in the Autumn/Winter 2017 issue of Reforesting Scotland magazine. I designed it myself using the open source Libreoffice Write (a good alternative to Microsoft's Word product but a bit buggy and frustrating to use sometimes).

I have included a picture of the magazine cover in case any reader wishes to rush out and buy it!

I will be trialling the advert and monitoring the responses it generates over the next several issues.

One other source of advertising that I hope to capture on camera is a large (2 metre by 1 metre) sign that I had made for a special location. I forgot to take a photo when I collected the sign from the supplier so I will now need to do this once it is in position.

It looked quite smart when I took it out of the van, I thought.

I would love to take credit for that particular marketing idea, but it was a client that suggested it to me (thanks Nigel!) 

I will post details of that later.... if you can stand the suspense!

 

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