There were lots of smallish tasks that needed doing so, after Tim had shown us what they all were, we broke off into smaller groups and started work.
The first task was to get the fire burning so it could be fed with branches, ivy and dry undergrowth all day.
We spread out and started the tasks that needed doing: thinning undergrowth at the side of the car park; reducing the height of the laurel hedge at the side of the car park; clearing ivy from the walls, windows and doors of one of the cottages; helping clear an area where Tim the Ranger was chain-sawing some tree's that had grown too high; thinning and tidying up a hedge that was being used to show the youth Rangers how to lay a hedge later in the afternoon; clearing the garden area at the front of the larger cottage; clearing the path at the front of the cottage of mud and moss.
We had a break for coffee and, for the first time!, Sue took a home baked cake with her to share round - a banana loaf!!
We continued with the tasks after break and worked for another hour and a half before stopping for lunch, after which Tim the Ranger felled a large tree in the back garden of the cottages, creating extra work. We had to remove the smaller branches and ivy from the tree and put them on the fire. The tree was going to be cut up for logs later.
The larger of the cottages.
We ran out of jobs around 2.30pm so finished earlier than usual, after most of us posed for a group photo.
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