Hayfield on Sunday 21st June 2015

A select group of six volunteers met up with four rangers various dogs and two of the ranger’s lads in the Set Valley car park in Hayfield this week.  From the meeting point we decamped to the road outside the Sportsman pub where we parked our cars and piled into the properties brand new minibus to complete the journey to Kinder reservoir. After a short but steep walk along the reservoirs boundary wall we reached the first work site, a plantation of mixed trees, where we proceeded to cut the bracken threatening to swamp the trees from around their bases using the sword like slashers provided.

 

We also replaced some tree guards and generally tided up.  Lunch was taken on the sunny hill side overlooking the reservoir with the view of Mount Famine, Dale Head and the dark looming bulk of Kinder Scout making for an atmospheric back drop.

In the afternoon we walked along the track bordering the water for about quarter of a mile to the next work site on a very steep hill. We finished work about three o’clock and made our way back to the minibus picking up discarded tree guards and other detritus on the way.

 

Thanks to Shane and the lads for looking after us and providing an interesting work day and to Tim for the brownies which he swore he had baked himself but unfortunately had forgotten to take out of the Morrison’s cake box!
Text from Tim, photo's from Adrian