Survey work in Belgium #34 (Pics)

Nice pics! Thanks for sharing.

Crist,
Except for the highway sign, you could be working in parts of Pennsylvania.
Very similar scenery.

Thanks for posting.

Grant

Very nice pictures of very nice woods.
Pretty flat woods, but still very nice.
Thanks, Christ,

Don

Hi Christof

Great photos.

Several years ago we hosted a boy from Germany for a year. After he went home and graduated from high school he attended Aachen University and recently finished a degree in Engineering. The year I visited you he was attending Aachen so he drove us from his family home in Dresden to your office.

Another of those very tall photographers

Beautiful pictures. Forgive me for pointing out the very long shadow in the one.

Thanks for sharing a bit of your world with the rest of us who will probably never get to see it in person.

Very nice, what sort of environmental impact assessments need to be done to get approval and how long does it take to get approvals to run a power line through such pristine forest and country side ?

Here getting EIA approved for power lines can take up to 2 years including public participation.

I would think it would be tougher for you there.

I see you still like using that 3 legged crocodile clip stand for your GPS rod, I have one but find it to unstable and finicky to use compared to a bipod, mine sits in the garage gathering dust. Haven't you had a blow over with it yet ?

Regards

Hi Lee,

This will be an underground line along the freeway, mostly state property but there are some private properties involved.
It's difficult to tell how long it will take to get all approvals. There's allready 1 year for the EIA (fauna & flora, not sure if others are involved). All the villages and cities have to agree. I guess at least 2 years but it can as wel be 5 yrs!

We're used to our 3-legged clip, very good in loose soil but you have to be carefull for the combination of pavements and windy weather. (no GPS blow over)

Christof.

Thanks for posting these Chris, from which I learned at least two things, a) Belgium's linguistic diversity puts Canada's to shame, and b) poison ivy grows in vines, which I didn't know. I was puzzled by the hairy snake growing past the bracket fungi and did a bit of research. Very interesting, as I thought of it only as the low 3 leaf plant variety.
Peter

Very nice Christof. You always have nice pics.
It's very cool to have friends from around the world.
Just the other day I got an email from an old friend in Denmark who is coming to my old hometown this weekend and wondering will I be there. I can't make it.

Looking at that third or so pic with the tripod all setup with legs spread wide... no way I could do that given my relatively short stature. I have been on a few jobs where I was told to take over the gun after someone else's setup and just could not do it because of HI. I just had to re-setup and start over.

Very nice pics anyway.
E.

Here it grows on the ground with what appear to be individual plants but are in fact just vertical branches off of the vine which is running along the ground. It will also happily climb trees and other vertical structures with the same growth style only the vine runs up the tree and the branches grow horizontal. Here you have to be careful if you're allergic because what looks like a normal tree covered in small branches can often be a head to toe rash waiting to happen.

Thanks man.