Four of us travelled to Burton Wood today and spent the day rhodybashing with warden Phil and eight Chester NT Volunteers. It was our first visit to this part of the Wirral since November. Early heavy showers gave way to bright sunshine and the wood looked resplendent in its vivid spring green colours. Denis (Chester) got a roaring fire going and all the cuttings were burned by 4pm. Conversation topics around the fire and at breaktimes covered squirrel trapping, 1960's soft drink bottles, the Yorkshire Three Peaks walk and the Royal Wedding.
As well as the "heavy" rhoddi bashing about half the combined group spent the day roaming the wood, hunting down "regrowth". Theory is that by pulling out what roots we can, and stripping the regrowth from the ones we can't - we will gradually wear down the plants and eventually eliminate them completely.
The first photo is blurred (camera shake) and could have done with a back light adjustment, however the "trees" in the background including the ones with pink flowers are the main Rhoddadendrons being bashed - I've included this photo despite its poor quality to try to show the size of these plants..... ~18 feet high.
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