Hello From Beautiful Busy Bright Barrowboy from Brighton

[Barrowboy]

Hello Fellow Wild About Britain Dudes,

Ian here just joined and a big hi from me, , well I am hoping to study the Countryside Management FdSc course for 2 years if successful at a pending interview would appreciate any tips, or if anyone has done this course advice feedback etc would be greatly appreciated.

Chow for now

Ian

[ron1863]

Hi Ian and a warm welcome to WAB. Good luck with the course.

[treecreeper]

Welcome to the site Ian . I hope the WAB name you have chosen doesn't indicate what you have had to resort to to finance your course

[Cazzie]

Hi and welcome from me too!

[welsh.lensman]

Hi Ian and welcome to WAB, enjoy the site.

[ellen h]

Hello and welcome
ellen

[Hedge Witch]

Hi Ian, you sound mad (in a nice way )
Welcome and enjoy!
Hedge

[Kayleigh]

Hi Ian, welcome from me too..

[Deer Stalker]

Hi Ian.

[Barrowboy]

WOW so many replies, and yes in a nice way I am mad, did 10 years army way back when we carried sheilds and bow and arrows, then worked in the security for the last 19 years.

Theres more to life than coroprate moans and groans so its time for a change thats if life will permit it to happen, there is always something round the corner.

I am going for my interview 8th July and hopefully register mid sept, so that means I can be just like the students, however i cant grow my hair long because its grey and a bit patchy, cant stay up late nights as it gets to me so i cant do that at the night clubs unless there are some hidden day clubs, then again there are, but they call them rest homes, lol,

So is there anyone from the Brighton area ....... have a grrrreat weekend chat soon and thanks again for all the warm welcomes...

[metalfish]

Alright Barrowboy,

I did the same course a few years ago up in Nottinghamshire - hard work but fantastic. Age limits don't come into it, even for employment, there were people in their 50's on my course & are now employed by Forestry Commission.
My only advise is to volunteer in conservation whilst at uni if you aren't already) - and I really mean that, even if you have to fit it round work ALL employers will want you to have volunteer experience. Also get every certificate you possibly can- NPTC chainsaw, pesticide application and brushcutters.

check out these websites;

Environmental Jobs and Volunteering in the UK
Countryside Jobs Service - welcome. (it's a subscriber website but if you click on 'jobs' then 'daily' you should be able to look at what's there

Lots of stuff from your army days will be well relevent as well

Go for it, show your enthusiasm at your interview, tell'm your gonna volunteer, and that you want to learn the reasoning behind countryside management methods and that you want to learn a broad spectrum of stuff so you don't limit yourself to one c. management area.

Good luck

[Maccattack1]

Hi 5Bs welcome to wab , lots of good nature around Brighton .

Malcolm

[Pippa]

Big welcome to WAB from me too

[dmclean2]

Hi Ian
Welcome to our world
Duncan

[col188]

Hi Ian and welcome.
Good luck with your studies

[cutecoot]

Hi Ian, welcome to WAB Funnily enough, my niece has just finished her foundation degree in countryside management at Plumpton (probably where you are, but you obviously don't have to say!) .. she doesn't tell me much about it though, so I'm not really going to be much more help to you, but I could ask her if there was anything specific? Best of luck, anyway

[Dutchess]

Hello Ian, from just along the coast in the windy city (i.e. Hastings )

Looks as though we are set for some nice weather today!

Enjoy the weekend

D.

[Barrowboy]

Hi Cutecoot

That would be fantastic, and yes its at Plumpton so if there is anyone who is enrolling in September this year let me know, can you ask your neice what the timetable is as you can imagine I am looking for a partime job that will fit round my study times, I understand this may change from term to term.

What are the books that I would need to buy, are there any additional activities which I am able to volunteer for at Plumpton with it being such a large working farm as well.

If your neice wants to pass to you any info that would be great and thank you for your help.

Regards
Ian

[Barrowboy]

Hi Dutchess

Looking out of my window I can see the sea in the distance and it slooks like the day is going to be glorious so me and the other half are heading out onto the sea front to stroll a far as the eye can see.

Have a great day.

Regards

Ian

[Barrowboy]

Hi Everyone,

I have been down to my local RSPB and I have had a good chat with the guys there and because of my experience managing coporate contract etc etc which I will not bore you all with the details.

I have now joined the team of volunteers so I am starting Monday to get some training, so I would like to say a big Brighton thank you to Metalfish for sending me the links they have been very helpful., I will let you all know how it is coming a long.

Ian

[cutecoot]

Oh, well done, Ian, and good luck! Will try and find out from my neice (although not hopeful of a response as I'm just *one* of her 290 FB friends ). Say hello to Brighton for me, really miss not being able to get down there easily (although having said that, hope to be going down that way in a couple of weeks time, can't wait!)

[Barrowboy]

Thank you, it was super yesterday, we had a great day, Kasia and I caught the bus to Rottingdean had a walk around Rudyard Kiplings garden, not massive, however a lovely garden with super plants and herbs, then we made are way to the sea front passing a lovely pond, there was types of Dragon flies that I have never seen before.

We walked on the sea front taking in some great views of the cliffs, then we took a breather and quenched are thirst for a couple of hours, as you do, , then we made our way home, we had spent the 7 hours walking so you can imagine a little dinner and we where certainly ready for the land of Nod.

Its my first day of Volunteering so here we go, chow for now, .