Bored and Nosey

[DanG]

That's what I am. :  I saw a news item about Sandringham House, the Queen's retreat, and got curious, so I took a little trip via Google Earth to take a gander at it.  Once I located it, I switched to Street View and toured the area a little bit.  It is a beautiful place, not all pristine and polished like you might imagine, but a very human and slightly worn looking environment.  The Royal dirt turns to mud when it is wet, and weeds thrive there just like anywhere else.  Anyhoo, I was driving down this little road near the castle and saw a little sign with the word "Sawmill" and an arrow, so I went that way and eventually came upon the Queen's very own sawmill, complete with stacks of freshly sawn boards and piles of royal sawdust.  Who woulda thunk it?

[jimparamedic]

more pics more pics. Oh better tell google. They give enough too tease but no more

[fishpharmer]

Maybe the Queen will join FF, that would be cool.  :D

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

DanG, while you were on the road, you should have stopped by! 

[Ianab]

http://www.sandringhamestate.co.uk/Produce.asp?S=10&V=1&P=35

Apparently it's THE place to go for your garden furniture or sheds.  :D

Ian

[DanG]

Here's an overhead view of the layout.  It isn't anything fancy, but it looks like an efficient arrangement.

[Holmes]

  I wonder if the Queen has a TimberKing   

[beenthere]

 :D :D :D

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

HOLMES.....You struck a nerve. Good one!!

I'm  :D :D :D :D :D :D.

Now that's funny stuff.....I don't care who you are!

But to answer your question, you'll have to ask her  BAKER or the COOKS. I think she STIHL has one.

[Chuck White]

That "find" rates right up there with rubbing elbows with Royalty!   smiley_crown_grin

[Holmes]

HOLMES.....You struck a nerve. Good one!!

I'm  :D :D :D :D :D :D.

Now that's funny stuff.....I don't care who you are!

But to answer your question, you'll have to ask her  BAKER or the COOKS. I think she STIHL has one.

Maybe the King is a Wood-Mizer 

[jueston]

its amazing when your bored and surfing the internet the things you find.....

[Dave Shepard]

It doesn't look like she has log lot management problems. :D

[terrifictimbersllc]

Probably not, Royal Paulownia is scarce over there.   

p.s. lots of Ron Pauloney in Iowa tonight!  ;)

[Slabs]

http://www.sandringhamestate.co.uk/Produce.asp?S=10&V=1&P=35

Apparently it's THE place to go for your garden furniture or sheds.  :D

Ian

Hmmmmm!!  Ian, Maybe you should have invited Sandringham to post a reply on the forum about their sawmill operation.  Seems it got popular real quick.  AND a membership would really be a feather for the cap.

[bandmiller2]

Dan,mayby thats why the queen always wears gloves, pine pitch on her hands from offbearing. Frank C.

[WDH]

Holmes,

You are on a roll!

[terrifictimbersllc]

Maybe better to stay off the property for awhile?
http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16141084

[Brucer]

Maybe the King is a Wood-Mizer 

England doesn't have a king, so it sure won't be a TimberKing  :D.

The entire estate is 20,000 acres (or about 30 square miles if my math is correct). 600 of that is parkland open to the public. So it isn't like a body was found in the back garden.

Also of interest ....

" Over five thousand trees and several miles of hedges are planted each year, ten wetland areas have been created, sympathetic farming practices encourage many different species of wildlife, and food waste, glass, metals, plastic, cardboard and paper are all recycled."

[bandmiller2]

The Brits take much better care of their land than we do,every field neat, trimmed hedge rows and they don't foul the land with housing developments and strip malls. Frank C.