Six
volunteers had a bit of a lie in this week before meeting John the ranger at
10.15 in the car park at Hare Hill. The job was tree guard painting, a task
familiar to many of us, as this is an ongoing project and the fourth time this
year the group has participated.
The tree
guards are of a wooden construction and look a lot smarter after a good
scrubbing with a wire brush and the application of the green preservative.
Unfortunately after painting the first guard the heavens opened and after the
deluge had to be redone, the rain having washed away all our good work. In total
we painted ten guards a bit of a record for such a small group.
The weather
was reasonable for the rest of the day with just the occasional light shower,
so it was a happy if slightly paint speckled group that called it a day at three
thirty. However one of us had a slight accident with the paint and left looking
like a bedraggled green smurf.
John the
ranger has been in touch since to say thanks for a job well done and promises us more
painting in the future, so maybe I’ll see you there.
Text by Tim. Photo's by Adrian.
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