Six
volunteers meet up with the ranger Julia in the car park at Hare Hill this
week. The first task was the removal and burning of rhododendron abutting the
fence surrounding the pistol pond area ready for the replacement of the mesh
netting at the fences base used to stop rabbits getting in. Don’t worry there’s
plenty of grass in the fields for them to munch on without them getting at the
good stuff in the garden.
The second
task was the removal of old wrought iron. Originally part of the old fence it
had been left in the soil when the new fence was put in place and consisted of
a rusted razor sharp spike on top of horse shoe arrangement buried in the earth
with the spike sticking a few inches out of the ground. To emphasise the
obvious danger of these spikes to the unwary walker one of the volunteers
accidently stepped on one which easily penetrated the sole of her footwear
narrowly missing her foot and ruining her wellies to boot. Unfortunately Tim
the leader this week had a serious case of man flu but still managed to turn
out and do a good days work, indeed Julia was heard to say that in her opinion
he deserved a medal.
Karin
provided smashing rice crispy and dark chocolate squares as Tim was far too ill
to bake. The weather was fine all day
until the heavens opened about 2.30pm when we decided to call it a day.
In total we
cleared and burnt about 20 meters of rhododendron and dug up about 15 of the
treacherous spikes.
Thank to
Julia for organising a fun work day and staying with us all day.
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