Hedgelaying at Alderley Edge on Sunday 4th Feb 2018

What a lovely day!! Cold, but dry, it was a great day for volunteering in the outdoors:-)
Seven of us met up with Chris, the Countryside Manager for Cheshire and Wirral, in the National Trust car park at Alderley Edge (next to The Wizard Inn) and we walked to the worksite at Hill Top Farm. It was extremely muddy in places and, although most of us wore wellies, Hazel doesn't have any so had to tread very carefully so the mud didn't go over the top of her boots!
When we got there, we were continuing the hedgelaying work that has been going on during previous workdays.

We used an existing fire site and Andy started laying the fire, while the rest of us dragged the existing cut brash to the fire or went to survey the hedge.

Despite it being a dry day, the fire took a while to get going. Once it did, it quickly burnt the existing cut brash and the new stuff we were producing.
After a quick lunch (it was too cold to sit around for long!) we continued and, by the time we were due to leave, we'd burnt all the brash and had made an impact on the hedge. There's still a bit more to do that may be the task on our next workday in a fortnight's time - who knows:-)

Lunchtime!

Photo's by Adrian and Sue.