In spite of the poor forecast 11 NCVs turned out today to join Paul and the 4 Heritage Skills students and tutor for the final visit to Fishpond Wood for 2014. The weather stayed reasonably dry but you needed to keep working in order to stop your fingers dropping off with the cold.
One group worked down by the lake, getting rid of the final lot of waterside rhodies. Another group worked up on the hillside, near the ice house doing..... yes that's right - rhodie removal. The photos below fill in the detail. Apologies for fuzziness of some - hours of de-rhododendronisation takes its toll on ones ability to hold a camera steady. It will be a relief to have a few weeks away from this particular type of task!
Ros E.
Hillside rhodies were above and below us.
Quickly the team got going, cutting and brash piling
(we're really expert at this particular skill now!)
Paul on the chain saw, accompanied by Colin on the bow saw,
meant that peace and quiet was thin on the ground at times.
And then - amazingly - the rhodies were gone!
Well at least they have been moved to other places!
Meanwhile - down by the lake......
Osian donned some waders and carefully ventured out
into the water, breaking the ice en route.
Deeper and deeper he went....
....pulling up the soggy rhodies from the smelly mud....
....and passing them to Terry on the nearby bank.
The girls got busy shifting a brash pile from the edge of the pond
and by close of play the lake looked great!
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