He let us use the path at the back of the House to get to the site we were working on. The path was closed throughout the winter for regeneration purposes.
He set us up in Hampers Wood to cut and burn rhododendron. This would be the last time we will be clearing Rhody this season, as the birds will soon be nesting.
A fire was started and, after a spluttering start, we soon had a fine blaze going.
Unfortunately the MNTV work-site leader had a severe case of 'man-flu' and had to leave the site after only an hour, however he did provide mini chocolate rolls so, although everyone was sorry to see him leave, they were kept busy eating!
Jamie then had to collect 18 youth rangers who were working alongside us. This meant we had two fires going, which, once the youth rangers left at 2:00, we could use both fires to burn the massive amount of Rhody that we had cut down.
We finished the day with Dan replacing Jamie and still loads of Rhody to cut back but a very large area cleared by 9 MNTV vols including a newbie and Tim plus the youth rangers.
Thanks to the Rangers for organising an interesting workday.
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