We met Issy the Ranger in the main car park and as it was a nice day and likely going to be very busy and all our parking spaces would be needed by visitors we moved our cars closer to Lantern Wood.
From there we walked up towards Lantern Wood and, on the right hand side just before the start of the wood, went through a gate and walked along the edge of the stone wall to the first opening, beyond which Alex, another Lyme Ranger, had already started a fire for us.
Once Issy had driven up in her little vehicle we retrieved the tools and our rucksacks and start looking for small dry dead twigs to feed the lit embers of the fire and to start a second fire to burn all the rhody that had already been cut but hadn't been burnt due to the recent wet weather.
It was a dry but very cold day and we were very glad of the heat from the fires once they'd got going. The ten of us made quite a difference while we were there and 3:15pm quickly approached when we started packing up, putting the orange netting around the fires to alert people to their presence, then walked back to our cars.
It was a great day to be out in the fresh air with our MNTV buddies helping the Rangers with their tasks.
Sue B
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