A rather overcast morning saw 13 volunteers meet on the car park at Dunham before joining Sophie, N.T. Ranger, in the courtyard to collect more tools and to load all our equipment into her vehicle for transportation to site. It was a good 15 minute walk to where we were working in the upper plantation.
So after a briefing on safety etc. and an explanation of our tasks for the day we split into 2 groups.
The first group were left to fell small trees which were either too close together or had squirrel damage, the relevant trees had been marked up prior to our arrival.
The second group were asked to clear leaves, fallen branches and any other detritus from ditches that ran along the edge of the path and down further into the plantation.
Once the ditches were cleared everyone set too on the tree clearance. As we were making such good progress Sophie extended our area of working by marking more trees.
We met some nice people who stopped and asked what we were doing or where they could find the deer, as they appeared to be hiding today, or just a general chat.
It was a pity that the weather turned against us later in the afternoon but I think everyone enjoyed the day.
Thanks to everyone who came and thanks to Sophie for an excellent work day.
Text from Christine, who was the work site leader. Photo's from Christine, Adrian and Sue.
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