Fence removal and plantation thinning at Hayfield 9 Dec 2012

Five volunteers turned out to Hayfield and met up with the local ranger to do some work on the National Trust land around Kinder Scout.

The first job was removing a fence ready for contractors to come in and install the new one.

In the afternoon the task was "thinning" - selective felling a plantation.  For some reason lost in the history of the site - the plantation had a number of inappropriate species in it - these were removed by Shane with a chainsaw.  A task made easier by the fact that the fence is also being replaced on the boundary of this plantation.  We the volunteers followed at a safe distance with hand tools - cutting up the felled trees and stacking them clear of the line where the new fence will go.

montage and team photo added 19/12/12 with thanks to Nathan