Ten volunteers spent today with wardens Shane and Myles checking on alders and mountain ash beside three streams in the Broad Clough area on the west side of Kinder Scout. The saplings were planted this spring and as they grow will reduce the peat run-off from the hillside and improve the clarity of water flowing into Kinder Reservoir. Our tasks were to remove tree guards from those trees that had died (these were counted to determine the number of trees to replant) and to restake those trees where the planters had put the stake inside the guard not outside. We had an exciting off-road drive in Land Rovers to where we accessed the first two streams and then a short drive and ten-minute walk to the third one. Unusually today’s tools were secateurs and Stanley knives – all used to snip through the cable ties attaching stakes to guards. It was an excellent day out in beautiful weather with good company and conversation, interesting work and delicious fruitcake (thank you Sue!) and we all left with a feeling of a job well done.
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