After some problems in the weeks leading up to the event trying to confirm where we would be going, Sue reported the following (while I was on holiday....)
We had a great workday in the end.
Eight of us turned up and were shown the final patch of rhody near the kiosk
(before you go into Hare Hill) that needed removing.
We managed to cut it all down, even getting all the roots up!
Despite the light drizzle in the morning, we easily got a fire going to burn
all the rhody. It brightened up late morning and, after having had lunch and
home-made cakes provided by Karin and Sue's mum, we raked over and started
planting daffodil bulbs around the kiosk.
It was a great workday, the volunteers on the kiosk chatted to us during the
day, Julia, the Ranger, kept coming back to check that we were okay, and we
handed out some leaflets to various members of the public who passed nearby.
The 'excitment' of the day was, when we disturbed 2 little mice who had been
living in the roots of the rhody, one of whom then tried to run towards the
fire thinking it would be a safe haven. Tim managed to dissuade it by
stamping his foot and making lots of noise and, hopefully, it ran away to
make a safe new home somewhere else.
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