MNTV had a joint workday today with Wolverhampton NTV at Shugborough near Stafford.
The 16 of us did two jobs for Joe, the head gardener. The larger group spent the day cutting down elder saplings in the old pheasants enclosure and burning them on a big bonfire, while the smaller group worked in the gardens proper, trimming back a tall holly hedge. We all met up for lunch and swapped news about the two groups, demolished Daniel's lemon drizzle cake and heard all about the Staffordshire Hoard (the Anglo Saxon gold & jewellery that was found by a metal detective in July). Liz from WNTV had queued patiently for 3.5 hours last week to see it in Birmingham Art Gallery! We didn't meet Earl Thomas this time. He has recently got engaged to Lady Henrietta Conyngham so perhaps was away planning their wedding
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