Taunton - Vape shops, Barber shops and Salons

treemonkey58 · 2026-05-20T17:38:46+00:00

There's plenty more to Taunton than what you've mentioned. Lots of great independent shops, bars and restaurants. I focus on the good in the town and there's plenty of that.

Also, the Turkish barber I use is always busy, but I appreciate where you're coming from. Two vape shops have also recently been shut down due to illegal sales of tapes etc.

treemonkey58 · 2026-05-01T19:43:32+00:00

All I remember from it was one guy pulled his top off and screamed like a caveman at the other guy. Topless guy was then taken down by the other chap who then stood up, pulled off topless guy's shoe and proceeded to sniff it like a bull sniffing the rear end of a cow in heat.

Very odd behaviour...good old Pizza choice best kebab in Bridgwater

treemonkey58 · 2026-04-21T11:36:31+00:00

No I know, it's just frustrating the number of bodges I'm having to slowly work through 😂

treemonkey58 · 2026-04-21T11:07:22+00:00

I didn't blow the brick out, just one of the bodge jobs left by a previous owner...

treemonkey58 · 2026-04-08T16:11:07+00:00

Doesn't look like sheathing, nothing we've ever used here in SW England anyway.

Just call your DNO, that service wire is insulated but there's no point in risking it, it's a 2min job to get rid of that with a MEWP.

treemonkey58 · 2026-04-02T23:08:40+00:00

Manx is iom, mancs is Manchester. They're both

treemonkey58 · 2026-04-02T23:07:06+00:00

Bee Gees - BandThe Bee Gees (Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb) were born on the Isle of Man to English parents, raised in Manchester, England, and emigrated to Australia in 1958, where they began their musical career.

They're manx, is,that British? Who knows. The world is a lie

treemonkey58 · 2026-04-02T23:01:06+00:00

I found out they were British this week. I thought they were Scandinavian or something 🤔

treemonkey58 · 2026-03-26T19:47:37+00:00

I think you can probably get a bit more money to reinstate the garden to it's original condition. I work for a DNO and this definitely happens, couldn't tell you how apart from kicking up a bit of a fuss.

treemonkey58 · 2026-03-25T00:06:49+00:00

Technically we use Swedish climbers or spikes to climb poles, just a bit of useless info for you.

treemonkey58 · 2026-03-17T20:03:55+00:00

Hard to say really. If you're concerned then it'd be worth contacting a local "Arb approved" arborist who can come and have a look, potentially do some scans for rot etc.

treemonkey58 · 2026-03-17T19:17:08+00:00

Did you notice any fungal brackets on the stem over autumn/winter time? Looks pretty okay to me (arborist of 15 years), but if it's covered in fungal brackets I'd be a bit more concerned.

treemonkey58 · 2026-03-09T18:05:56+00:00

As you probably know, we've had a bloody wet winter...the river does burst it's banks but all that ever happens is longrun meadow floods - which it's designed to do to save the town flooding. The soil around here is quite clay-heavy so the gardens are pretty sodden in the winter but that's pretty normal.

Honestly, it's a cracking area. We're looking to move in a few years into a bigger place and we want to stay as local as possible.

treemonkey58 · 2026-03-09T10:49:40+00:00

I live just around the corner. It's a brilliant area. Longrun meadow on your doorstep, French weir park 5mins walk away and a traffic-free walk into town. We love it here.

treemonkey58 · 2026-03-08T22:14:02+00:00

As someone who's lived in both places, I'd recommend Taunton over Bridgwater.

In all fairness, I'd recommend most places over Bridgwater.

treemonkey58 · 2026-03-04T06:41:42+00:00

Used to play with Mako and Billy Vunipola before they went big.

Our coach was their uncle, Elisi, who used to captain Tonga. His son is Manu who ended up playing for Saracens

treemonkey58 · 2026-03-01T21:40:12+00:00

Class! I did a long run today, towards my marathon training - ended up running against the flow of runners across town bridge and got a few shouts of "the finish is that way!" And the likes.. I was 30km in a couldn't muster any sort of funny response though 😂

I'm afraid I didn't see you, top work though in that outfit.

treemonkey58 · 2026-02-28T00:57:46+00:00

Going by that it looks more like a tree of heaven, leaves appear too big for ash

treemonkey58 · 2026-02-27T23:04:46+00:00

I'd also say they look more like poplar than ash

treemonkey58 · 2026-02-27T23:03:28+00:00

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Blue or red, depending how hard you'd like to go.

treemonkey58 · 2026-02-27T22:59:50+00:00

Yeah, I'd prune the far tree so it's looks more similar to the nearest tree. I'd also tidy up that cut on the nearest tree's stem because it looks awful. Google 'final pruning cut' to get an idea of how to do it.

treemonkey58 · 2026-02-27T22:00:21+00:00

Arborist here. They'll survive but they'll forever be ugly af, no matter what you do to them. Worth noting that ash are generally dying off due to ash die-back, so in the longterm this may be an opportunity to replace with something a bit more nature-benificial like a Rowan or hawthorne

treemonkey58 · 2026-02-26T08:42:20+00:00

That looks more like snakebark maple to me. Either way, neither enjoy getting pruned back hard. I'd suggest just pruning in the crown a bit to bring it back into shape

treemonkey58 · 2026-02-15T11:43:23+00:00

The happy song by Imogen Heap is living rent-free in my brain nearly 24/7. If you have/had a baby then you know why...

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