Thirteen of us arrived in the main car park to meet Ranger Flo before walking up to the Stables block, where Ranger Issy welcomed us and we all walked to where we'd be working, at Coal Clough Pit, by the side of the Deer Sanctuary.
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| Safety talk before we got started |
The weather was a bit mixed and it rained on us a little on occasion,
but it was a great day, we cut down and burnt lots of rhododendron ponticum (the common, invasive variety) on not just one, but two fires!! - although it was nearly three when we noticed some embers had landed on a nearby rotten trunk which was smouldering!
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| A roaring fire:-) |
It was a lovely workday - we had a new volunteer and some established members who'd not been out with us for a while joined us, including Sue who is also a Lyme Park Ranger, and who popped over to say hello.
It was great to catch up with Ranger Issy and also Ranger Flo, who'd only been at Lyme Park for a couple of weeks.
By the end of the afternoon we let the fires die down, but continued cutting the rhody so it was ready for another time, or for another group to burn if they got there first.
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| Lunchtime |
Photo's from Sue and Adrian
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