10th February - hedgelaying at Alderley Edge

Four hardy souls spent today at Alderley Edge laying a 10 metre section of blackthorn/hawthorn hedge from beside the site of the icecream van to the main access track to the Edge.  The cold temperature (+2C), spotty rain and icy wind kept us on the move and we were glad to get a bonfire going.

Matt, our hedgelaying expert, did all the laying while Ally and Daniel pruned brash on the field side of the hedge and Adrian stoked the fire.  We had lunch in our cars or beside the fire and spent some time in the afternoon chatting to the NT Recruiting Officer beneath his awning near the icecream van (Mr Granelli had appeared after lunch and amazingly, despite the cold weather, did sell some icecreams during the afternoon!!).  Chris Widger (Property Manager) met us when we started at 9:30 and gave us hedging stakes and kindling for the fire.  He was impressed that we stuck at it until 15:30 given the weather conditions!