Rhodi bash at Hayfield, High Peak, on Sunday 13th December 2020

 Six of us from MNTV met with Mark NT ranger at Sett Valley car park and went on convoy up to Park Hall, we just managed with our 5 cars plus land rover to all park off the road.

Our day was to be split into 2 sections. Firstly we went up onto the moor to pull rhodi that had started to grow again.  We each had 2 bin bags which didn't take too long to fill and it nicely coincided with the rain starting again and brew time. Plus by this time everyone's gloves were pretty wet and hands starting to get cold.

Whist we warmed ourselves with a hot drink Mark took a bag of our rhodi pulling to see if he could get a fire going. We then went up the steep slope to where we have worked in the past.  Whilst Andy H kept the fire going Mark showed the rest of us where he wanted us working. He was very specific as the wind had got up as well as the rain and he didn't want us working under or near trees that he wasn't happy with.

After a while he came and collected us all as a large branch off a tree close by had come down and he felt it too risky to continue working in the woods. So we called it a day as people were starting to feel the cold through very wet clothes.

Even so it was a good day and it was nice to be back at Hayfield, especially as we were their first group back since March due to Coronavirus.

Sorry to everyone who couldn't come due to shortage of parking and not being able to car share.

Text from Christine who was worksite leader, photo's from Christine, Andy H and Adrian.