Eleven of us including Sue Bonner’s nephew Joe spent the day
in Headman’s Covert at Dunham Massey having a good old rhodybash and bonfire. Was the excellent turnout partly explained, I wonder, by the looming year end
(31st March) and people topping up their hours to get their 50-hour
cards? Obviously the promise of a tasty cake was a factor! It’s months since
Daniel was last at Dunham and in the interim they have begun construction of the
new Visitors’ Centre/Restaurant near the car park ticket office – due to open in
August.
We worked in the middle of the wood to take shelter from the
bitter easterly wind. Over the years we have removed the majority of the rhody
in the wood and today eradicated a fair bit more. Gordon kindled the fire and
he and Mick stoked it all day while the rest of us cut and bashed. Daniel’s
Jaffa Drizzle Loaf proved a hit at elevenses and lunchtime. Ranger John Mann missed out on a slice because once he’d set us going he left
and didn’t reappear until we’d finished for the day!
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| There goes the rhody...! |
Sue and Joe left after
lunch because Joe was off to the Man Utd - Chelsea FA Cup quarter final. He
will have been happy with United’s first twenty minutes’ play but not the 2-2
scoreline. At 14:30 we let the fire die down and left the worksite at 15:00
with the fire turned in and the leftover cuttings piled neatly to one
side.
Today’s rhodybash was our last at Dunham this winter because
the bird nesting season is imminent. When we next visit Dunham in the summer we will
be edging Charcoal Drive.
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