Woodland maintenance at Styal on Sunday 7 December 2014

Six volunteers braved cold, rain and some hail today at Styal to continue the work in the hanging beech woods at the back of Mill Meadow.  We were cutting down holly bushes to let light down to the ground and give space for the future planting of young beech trees.  Today we did not have the chipper which is still awaiting repair and also there was a Victorian Christmas fair and carol concert in the mill yard which would have been disturbed by the noise of machinery.  In the time allowed we still got a lot done and felled some quite large hollies.  They were stacked ready for chipping at a later date.

(Text and photo provided by Adrian)