On Sunday a team of 10 enthusiastic volunteers laid a 22 yard section of hawthorn hedge at the side of the A56 near Little Bollington, part of the Dunhamn Massey Estate. It was wet if not raining all day but that didn't dampen the spirits, most of us now know how to use billhooks, our pleachers may not have been smooth and we did coppice a few plants by accident but the resulting hedge looked mighty impressive by the end of the day. We consumed home made Christmas cake and two of our more experienced volunteers did an excellent job demonstrating the art of this old craft.
PS we did pick up all the tools including the one in the bottom of the photo!
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