A bit sloshy underfoot from overnight rain, but by 10am the skies had cleared into a glorious day. A good turnout of volunteers meant we were able to start on a new section of hedge laying in field 2, carry out a bit of coppicing and complete some hedge planting near the Iron Bridge area. All in all a very enjoyable morning's work.

Many thanks to Josh Kalms and Alex Popple from the HMWT who assisted by helping us to hone our hedge laying skills. Also thanks to Ken Davies, Nilesh Dodhia, Mike Lansdown, Rob & Alex Liddel, Phil Gibbs, Christine & Nick Grey, Philip & Julia Davies, Alison Marriott, Jonathan Drapkin, Nicola Pazdzierska and Russell Ball. 

 Jack Westbrook

Again, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award group had an excellent turnout for February’s work party. We were concentrating on preserving the wooden posts in the second wild flower meadow, protecting the tops and bottoms of the posts. We also did some maintenance on the wire fencing where staples were missing or needed knocking in . A job well done, many thanks goes to Hannah, Stanley, Charlotte, Mimi and Hattie.

Nigel Daley