I've been on working holiday with the NT - so thanks to Daniel for the following text and photo.
Four of us travelled across to Thurstaston on the Wirral for a workday with ranger Phil and three Chester volunteers. It was pouring down when we arrived and had been all the way across on the M56/M53. Despite the rain we agreed that having travelled 50 miles to get there we should do some work and set about cutting down Scots pines in paddock 3. It was a surprise to hear from Phil that a local farmer grazes sheep and cattle in this enclosure, carpeted as it is in thick heather! It rained hard all morning and the only shelter we had was under a tree for coffee and gingerbread at 11.30. By lunchtime we were all beginning to dissolve and we said our goodbyes at 13.00. My workboots are still sodden three days later!
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