Good luck around all the fires everybody!
Even being in a field surrounded by green you can get burnt out... by ember attack. I used to wonder about it seeing a burnt out tree in the middle of a greed paddock...until the first time I saw flying embers...scary. They get lodged in cracks and crevices around windows, doors porches gutters etc...smolder away the POOF, up she goes.
Worked eight days in a row this last week and a bit, and proper work too, the council job on the big elms, hired a cherry picker for five days, and have extended it twice! The repaired shoulder held out very well until yesterday afternoon when I could feel the fatigue setting in, taking it easy today (Sunday) then one more day in the CP and then a day off to go with Bob to a traffic management day course...got to have a certificate to set out road signs in Council areas.
I actually worked in the rain, and almost snow, never have I worn so many clothes to do tree work! Long johns under saw pants, two thermal shirts, hoodie, hi-viz thermal coat, beanie, neck buff, gloves, wooly socks...I have to say it beats working in the heat though (except the trip to the beach afterwards)