MORE TREES!
This week was yet another day of tree planting for the NCVs. This time they were creating a plantation, rather than a hedge, at Felliscliffe House. There were only 375 to plant, so another early finish was on the cards. (It's to be hoped that the vols don't get too used to this!!) The pictures below tell you how they got on. You can also see what the Rights Of Way (ROW) team got up to in Hackfall Woods last Thursday, at the end of this week's blog entry, as well as an update from the walling group from their task day on 14th Jan. So much good work going on!! It's hard to keep track of it all!
A big thank you to Andrew for
helping to transport the trailer
as poor Liz was off sick.
9:30am - We started with an empty field.
The tree posts were
inserted at 2m intervals.
That's it Julia - perfect verticality!
The posts were then hung with the tree tubes.
Nicely done Ken!
Well - get on. There are 374 more to do!
Now - time for the trees.
What have we got here?
In no time at all
the field was far from empty.
Thanks to the goodies provided
by landowner Beth...
...coffeetime was much enjoyed.
Come on you lot - time to get
back to work.
Tree planting in triplicate.
By 11:45am the job was done.
Well done team!!
Now on to the ROW task from Thursday 15th January....
The Grewelthorpe pond entrance
was not looking very inviting.
The fence was rotten
and the holly was in a mess.
Something had to be done!
The fence was easy to remove...
...unlike the unwanted gate post,
which seemed to go all the way
down to Australia.
But, even that succumbed.
The hole was quickly filled in
before any kangaroos jumped through.
Work could then start cutting
down and laying the holly trees.
All the cut brash was stored
on the opposite side of the path
to create a habitat pile.
A good start was made, which
let light onto the path and
gave a better view f the pond.
The rest will be tackled
by the bigger NCV group soon.
And, finally, from the 14th January, Graham has sent this....
The latest from the Markenfield pale wall!
Another lovely blue sky day, cold to start off with but, by coffee time, almost mild for the time of year. Seven of us out, all very keen to wall.
Barry and Graham went to the original start of the wall, where for the third time, the cheek end had collapsed following mistreatment by farm vehicles.
What a mess!
Let's try and restore it to good health.
Barry and Graham spent until coffee clearing the cheek end site and then commencing a rebuild . By the end of the day a two metre section had been nearly completed.
Now that's starting to look better.
From both sides.
Meanwhile, the rest of the gang continued at the far end , some 420 metres from the start. There they spent a very productive day rebuilding the vast wall and are now within touching distance of its completion.
Lunchtime view of the far end of the wall.
Simon showing off his walling skills.
The wall is really wide here.
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The weakened cheek end had also resulted in a developing gap some six metres along the wall, providing another opportunity for a bit of a rebuild next week.
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