It was definitely a 'sunshine and showers' day, alternating between us working in our T-shirts and almost sunbathing at lunchtime, to short showers where we were rushing to get our jackets on to keep dry.
We were very fortunate that, at coffee and lunch time, the weather was lovely, so we were able to just sit on the field while we ate and admire the view.
We did our best with bashing the balsam, pulling up and breaking the stems of many many plants so their seed pods didn't scatter, but there was so much there that we really only made a small impact on it. Nonetheless, we felt we had made a difference and were pleased with what we have achieved. We spotted some wildlife while we worked; little frogs that were being disturbed as we pulled on the balsam roots and 1000's of black ladybird-type insects(see photo)!
We finished at 3pm and, before heading off home, we decided to go round the maze to find out what it was like. We surprisingly completed it very quickly but soon discovered that there was a reason for this as, when we came out and read the instructions on the board by the entrance, we realised we should have been finding each of the 12 metal gates within the maze on our way round - woops!...didn't do that!
Despite the showers, it was a great day out, with a couple of new volunteers joining us:-)
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