Six of us went to Hayfield today and worked with rangers Chris and Mark. We parked our cars in the rangers compound at Park Hall Manor then had an exciting drive onto Middle Moor in two 4x4s. The worksite was at around 350m high and had wonderful views all round, especially of Kinder Scout and the Downfall. It was a beautiful sunny day but with a cold wind blowing off Kinder.
The main plantation of rhoddies has been cleared from around the hall but there are still seedlings and young bushes that have spread up onto the moor and throughout the heather.
We pulled out the rhoddies by hand or cut them down with loppers and bowsaws and filled almost three large bags. The rangers then hammered herbicide "bullets' into the stumps to kill the rhoddies.
A great day all round.
Martin
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