12 volunteers gathered at the barn to collect rakes and forks then set off on the short walk to the flower rich verge near Glasshouses Dam. Now that summer is over it is important that the vegetation is mown and raked off ready for the new crop of grasses and wild flowers to emerge next spring.
Although it had rained heavily the day before, wetting what would have otherwise been a beautifully dry harvest, the fact that we were raking up very damp, heavy grass did not deter the NCVs. Dear me no! We are made of sterner stuff than that. By 2pm the job was done - as can be seen below.
...and so we raked:
Forks were used to transfer the grass into piles by the wall...
...although Alistair just used his hands at one point
- probably due to a rake induced blister.
Or is Terry just gritting his teeth?
Sally certainly seemed happy in her work.
Dave almost got buried alive under a grass sausage.
the universe and everything.
In the afternoon three NCVs did a bit of hedge lopping and footpath scraping nearby to make the bridleway wider for the horses. This is a job that is still to be finished next week.
In addition to this work Jan and Phil remained at the barn to do some all important tool sharpening. This can be a tedious task but they were still smiling at the end of the day when we got back to the barn.
Ros E.
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