This was our second visit of the year to this particular hedge, and having also worked on it at the end of 2016, it's now starting to feel like an old friend. The sheep in the field are also like old friends now, although we had to wait until the end of the workday to give the odd fleece a ruffle.
Andy and Neil got the fire going before Tim showed our two new members how to lay a hedge. Then the Congleton volunteer group turned up, and started work on sections of hedge further down the field.
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| The hedge at the start of the day |
The morning was punctuated by the sound of saws and billhooks, and the occasional waft of smoke from the fire.
At morning break another MNTV regular Louise turned up with her spaniel Baxter (she was most definitely NOT hedgelaying today, having previously endured the
Arctic epic of January 3rd 2016). Shortly afterwards another MNTVer Jenny also popped by, making this the first workday I can remember two separate members calling by when they weren't actually on the workday.
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| Who says a tree hugger has to be a human? |
At lunchtime we reset the teeth on some of the saws, which vastly improved their effectiveness, and continued the hard work until our different sections of hedge could be joined up. We tidied up both the tools and hedge, and were greeted by the sheep at the far side of the field as Chris the ranger came to pick up the gear.
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| The friendliest sheep in the world |
We've one more workday on the hedge this winter, at the end of February.
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| The hedge at the end of the day |
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