Nine MNTVers met ranger John in the car park at 09:30 for our second
workday this year at Dunham Massey. We’d had no info about what job we’d be
doing and it turned out the ‘routine’ bow saws and loppers we’d taken with
us weren’t needed. We worked most of the day on our own as John was the only
ranger on duty and had to spend most of his time supervising the carpark.
The
task was trimming the edge of the main driveway leading to the house, a job
well known to everybody who has a lawn in their garden, but in this case
the ‘lawn’ was the park and the driveway is 1km long!
We hammered in metal
posts, strung string between them, then used a hoe to cut a neat edge. This was
a basic, straightforward but useful job; too big a job to complete in one day
but we made a good start.
Once the trimmings and winter debris had been cleared
way, the drainage and appearance of the approach to the house looked a lot
better. The location was very visible to visitors and gave us lots of opportunities
to chat and spread the word about MNTV.
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| Afterwards:-) |
The weather was wetter than forecast
but the showers didn’t last too long and were followed by sunshine. We managed
to have lunch during a sunny period; the cake selection today was multinational,
stollen from Germany and Bolo de Mel de Cana (cane sugar) from Madeira.
Text from Jean, Photo's from Jean and Karin
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