Workday at Hayfield (Nab Brow), clearing space around saplings Sunday 18th July 2021

Seven members of MNTV returned to Nab Brow on the 18^th July (the hottest  day so far in 2021). We drove in convoy up to Kinder reservoir following Martin who unlocked the gates marked “no unauthorised access”.  We drove into the Water Treatment area to park.

Unfortunately the carpark was at the base of the dam and we then had to walk up the steep cobbled path carrying tools, and plenty of water, to get to the work site.

We continued along the Reservoir to Nab Brow.  Some of the trees, mainly Birch and Oak that we'd cleared around in 2019, had started to grow well. But some saplings hadn’t survived, so the NT had planted more saplings to fill the gaps. The bracken had grown up, so our task was to find the tree guards and slash the bracken to give the sampling more light.

After a quick drink we started the game of hunt the tree.

It was thirsty work, so we stopped for Cake (ginger and lemon drizzle) at 11am, 

more drinks at 12pm,

back to work for an hour

before lunch at 1pm.

We then agreed to work for another 45 minutes then we gathered up the tools and unused tree guards, ate the final pieces of watermelon, and made our way back to the cars.

After such a hot day we decided a trip to the pub was in order, so we called in at the Royal Hotel for a well-earned long cool drink, before heading home.

Text from Jenny. Photo's from Jenny and Adrian.