Eight of us met with Iain, the National Trust
ranger for Hayfield, at Sett Valley car park before moving off and leaving some
cars by the Sportsman pub and then car sharing the rest of the way to
South Head farm. This was due to limited parking and rough roads.
The
farm is still empty and is in desperate need of work to make it habitable
again. Maybe a job for MNTV!
We worked in several fields around the farm clearing thistles, a lot had already been cut by the farmer with a tractor but there were obviously areas he couldn't get to, plus quite a lot had been flattened by the tyres so these had to be dealt with as well as new growth. We finished off by clearing the farm garden which itself had been overrun by thistles.
We were lucky with the weather; we had a light shower just after lunch but it saved the worst until we were getting our gear together to return to the cars.
Thanks
to Iain and my colleagues for a lovely day,
Christine
Photo's from Christine & Andy, and Adrian.
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