{"id":156,"date":"2011-08-26T17:14:25","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T16:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/?p=156"},"modified":"2026-04-15T18:00:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:00:32","slug":"tree-surgeons-out-of-the-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/tree-surgeons-out-of-the-running\/","title":{"rendered":"Tree surgeon&#8217;s out of the running&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Decided today that a career as a tree surgeon is out of the running. In fact, I&#8217;m spending the second half the day working on my PMI PMP accreditation (I&#8217;m already PRINCE2 accredited, but I&#8217;m more than happy to learn more &#8211; project management&#8217;s a complex beast).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first half of the day was spent with my Dad and my brother in law Andy (thanks guys) removing the dreaded leylandii trees my Dad&#8217;s completely cut down at his house, releasing about 2 meters of garden, and some more which we trimmed a few meters off at our bungalow on Wednesday. Used a rented van from <a title=\"Bridges Van Hire\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bridgesvanhire.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bridges<\/a>, which was only a little Transit and a piece of cake to drive compared with The Beast (aka Dave the Hymer).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I needed to go through a new process with Broxtowe Borough council to get into the recycling centre with a hired van. 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