Today's workday was due to be at Speke but staff illness and leave forced its cancellation. Thank you to Lyme for providing us with this alternative workday at short notice.
When we arrived at Lyme we were met by Flo. We then took my car with all the equipment in up to the Staff & Volunteers car park behind the stables. We then made the long walk to Coalpit Clough where we had previously bashed the rhody. But today's worksite was further on and eventually we got to the enclosure.
Victor with his long legs reached it first and climbed over the ladder gate which was 7 feet high. Martin then did followed by David who gave us a good laugh as he struggled to get through it. Christine was the most nimble and disappeared through it followed by Andy and Adrian. Flo was easily over it but Jenny and I both struggled as we clambered over.
The task was to clear around the best looking trees and then throw all the debris over the fence for the deer to eat. We did suggest opening the fence and letting the deer in, but Flo said that they were not as careful as we were!
We cleared an area for us to have our coffee break and then extended that ready for lunch break. It was a hard back breaking job which saw us all clutching our backs at some stage. Adrian decided he had had enough and left us after lunch. The rest of us carried on and we saw the result of our effort as we could see the saplings standing out from the rest. We then faced the task of climbing under, through and or over the gate to get back out again.
Neil
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