Nine of us worked on the grassy slope by the side of the drive to Quarry Bank House, digging up tree saplings, cutting back brambles and generally clearing away all the 'unwanted' vegetation from the area.
While we were there, we were lucky enough to see some wildlife when we 'surprised' a frog which had set up home under our pile of unwanted vegetation! It must have got under there quite quickly as it hadn't been there when we'd started to make the pile of samplings and brambles, in fact we only saw it when we were shifting the pile to the bottom of the slope to enable the wardens to get to it and clear it away during the week. However, once we'd spotted the frog, Mick moved it away so it was safe while we continued with our work (see photo). A little later a large fox ran across the lawn in front of Quarry Bank House:-)
It was a lovely crisp, dry day - a brilliant day to be outdoors and the sun even shone on us at times:-)
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