Woodland work at Styal on 17 May 2015

This week, nine of us travelled to Styal estate on the airport side. We split into two groups, the hardcore fencing group and the balsam/laurel bashing group. The fencers were working on a very narrow path with a bit of a drop off down to the river. The rest of us wandered down the edge of the Bollin, some working on an extremely steep hillside and some by the path surrounded by masses of wild garlic.

We had toffee cupcakes sitting on tree stumps and later lunch by the river. After lunch some of us went for a walk to "the bridge to nowhere".

The fencing team finished the very difficult section that John the ranger wanted replacing and joined us chopping down laurel for the last hour.

We drove back along the perimeter fence of the airport and arrived back at our cars before the rain started. We will be back at Styal on the 7th June. Hope to see you all soon.

Lisa