Woodstore works at Formby - Sunday 14th May 2023

On Sunday 14th May six of us made the journey to Formby to assist rangers Justin and Nathan with some construction work in their newly built wood drying shed.

The wood from tree thinning at Formby is cut into logs and sold.  Due to the amount of logs already in storage the rangers have built a second wood drying shed and we were tasked with helping to contruct the shelving units that the logs will be stored on.

When we arrived we were given a briefing by the rangers.  

Most of the framework for the storage units was already built and in the shed and we needed to measure, cut and insert the horizontal beams into the shelving units.  

We split into teams with some people using the circular saw to cut down the measured timbers.  

      

The timbers were then slotted into the units and drilled into place. 

Assembing the timbers correctly needed some good teamwork!

 

The photo below shows one of the storage units being built in a difference part of the site, this unit will then be transported to the storage shed by the rangers.

When all of shelving units are finished, wooden sheets will be placed on top to complete the shelves and the logs will sit on the shelves.

The photo below shows the storage shed at the end of the day (doesn't look that dissimilar to the start but once it is fully completed it will look amazing!

We all had a great day....even the local crows who stole my spare cakes that were left in a carrier bag on a picnic table after morning break.  Only discovered at lunchtime when I was hoping to offer out the remaining cakes, they didn't even leave any crumbs!

Denise