Six of us met Ranger Mark and new Area Ranger Chris at the Sett Valley car park. Once all had assembled we travelled in convoy to Park Hall. Our task for the day as detailed by Mark and Chris was to pull up the rhodies on the moor and put them into bin bags.
We all split up and were each given two bin bags to fill. The rhodies were easy to see and find as the moor hadn't been done for over two years. They varied in height - some were 6 inches but there were quite a few that needed to be dug up which we tended to leave for another day and maybe another group.
At about 11 o'clock we came down from the moor and had a drink and a piece of Sainsbury's best Lemon Curd cake, sheltering out of the weather in the garage at the hall.
We all were given another two bin bags to fill. As the weather was so bad it was decided that we would fill our bags and then have lunch back in the garage.
By lunch time we had filled 30 bin bags which we put in the back of the pick up and as it was still raining we had our lunch in the garage.
After lunch Mark looked at the weather forecast and decided that we would be soaked if we carried on so we decided to finish then.
It rained all day but we had fun!
Neil
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