Rhodybash at Lyme Park on Sunday 23rd January 2022

Today was another day of our favourite activity - rhodybashing: 11 of us were cutting and burning rhododendron in Coal Pit Clough so that the native species have a chance to return and increase the diversity of the woodland.  Issy, herself an ex-MNTVer but now a National Trust Ranger, taught us a new fire-lighting technique using cotton wool balls and vaseline as firelighters.

The weather was very kind to us (for January), but nevertheless the fire was appreciated.  We managed to clear a larger area on a difficult slope, though there is enough rhody left for another day!

Pip