A quartet
of hardy MNTVers travelled to Formby on a surprisingly fine day to work with
rangers Will and Izzie and ten members of the Merseyside NT Volunteers; we
split into two
groups to work on multiple tasks. The area is very popular, especially with dog
walkers, and our job for the morning was to improve access from one of the car
parks to the sea. The rangers had already scraped off the top layer of a wind
blown path so we hauled a mixture of sand and stones to relay the surface.
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| Working on the path... |
The
mixture was then tamped down with a roller to make it weather resilient. A
total of 100 tons of material will be needed to complete the job.
In the
afternoon we carried out mitigation work the National Trust needs to do to
balance the installation of a pay and display car park. We used ‘tree poppers’
to grub out planted poplar trees from amongst the native dog rose. The aim of
the project is to create a mosaic environment to enhance the conservation value
of the area.
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| ...and after it's been tamped down. |
Even
though there were only four of us, the fact we were able to work alongside the
Merseyside group enabled us to achieve visible progress.
Text and photo's from Jean
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