Park Hall Moor (near Hayfield) 22 March 2009

Only four volunteers turned out on Mothers Day - to spend the day with more Rhodi bashing on a slope in the peak district. The local staff / volunteers here have been practicing - no firelighters, no newspaper, just Rhody and a little help from a match and a tissue, gave a good well behaved fire. A shovel full of hot embers from this gave a second nice well behaved fire closer to where we worked after lunch. We really should have taken some potatoes!

Lyme park 15 March 2009

Eleven volunteers turned out to spend the day "Rhodi Bashing" on West Park drive.

The work was on a steep slope, and feeding the fire was "interesting".

Lakes weekend 7&8 March 09

Thirteen volunteers travelled to High Wray for a weekend Hedge Laying.

The staff were very helpfull and knew exactly what they wanted us to achieve.

The hedge looked somewhat different when we left - more or less what was wanted.

The weather on Saturday was wet and windy - very windy that night, and sunday gave us driving hail with sunny spells

Indian Meal Tuesday 3 March 2009

Ten of us met in the Shandaar restaurant in Timperley and enjoyed a great curry and chat. It was a very enjoyable evening and the food was good, although the curries were milder than expected. As so often happens after going out for a curry, I left filling as though I had definitely eaten too much!

1 March 2009 - Hedge Laying at Dunham Massey

About 12 volunteers turned out to try to finish the hedge that we started in the winter last year. Unfortunatly we didn't quite manage it - you can still see a small tuft of un layed hedge at the left hand end of the stitched panorama above (double click on it for a far more detailed view). Due to the advancing year it we will not be able to do any more to this hedge as the birds will be nesting and the hedge itself is starting to grow. I was a little supprised to be given a belated birthday card, and cake - though I do believe in any excuse for cake!