Palmer hedgelaying

11/10/2026

Yesterday I went to chipping Norton for the 47th national hedgelaying championship. With 18 in my class the biggest class on the day, I had to pull something out the bag especially the amount of times I’ve come second. The hedge was a mixture of hawthorn, spindle and some field maple lucky for me my field maple was at the end (you can see the size difference in pics). I did the best I could as always with what I had and like always pay attention to the back of the hedge not just the front. Doing this gave me a considerable more points for the back than others. These points gave me the win in the class and also I got the best overall intermediate cutter on the day. I was very happy with result especially competing against a very high standard of cutters.

09/10/2026

That’s it for this week time to get loaded up ready to go to the nationals ready for tomorrow.

06/10/2026

The start of the right hand side. A lot of clearing and cutting involved in these hedges but the finish is worth it. 100% stockproof from day one. I’m looking forward to driving up and down the drive when it’s all complete in couple weeks.

02/10/2026

1st side the drive finished. Now back to top and come down other side. It’s opened the drive up for big machinery and visibility.

30/09/2026

When a delivery driver stops and says that’s a work of art if it was in an art gallery it would be worth millions. Made my day

25/09/2026

Flintham show no place had a shocker of a hedge 3 meter gap near start then a big elder at end I did lay alittle of it in to help fill gap

22/09/2026

Nice start to the week. I would very much welcome a drop in temperature though

19/09/2026

Competition season started collingham show. 3rd place very little to work with as length between two trees. Happy to come away getting placed.

14/09/2026

First length of the season. Don’t forget to get booked in limited spaces for the 2026/27 season

07/09/2026