A team of 10 accompanied James to move further up the hillside from Fisher's Hall to the Ruin. This was no easy task as the going was precipitous in parts and the ground strewn with fallen trees and old brash.
There was plenty of scrub to keep us busy.
Everyone got busy with loppers and saws.
Some formed a chain gang to remove the brash.
Laura was very happy in her work....
...but Phil had a sit down on the job when he
thought no one was looking.
Dock that man's pay!
The vista is looking a lot more open now....
......but there is still a way to go to
get right up to the Ruin.
Whilst this work was going on the rest of the group worked their way along the path from Fishers Hall to Lime Kiln hill and took out the saplings that were getting in the way of the Weeping Rock and Sand-bed views - both of which Turner painted long ago. I wonder if there were NCVs around then to keep his vistas clear?
Team B got busy down at the other end of the woods.
The view from Lime Kiln Hill to the river is now revealed.
Fisher's Hall was once again used as a lunch spot.
This is where we all enjoyed the yummy brownies baked
for us by Angela's husband John. (Thanks John!!)
Tony took it upon himself to deal with culvert and drain clearance, even making the effort to trail all the way back up to the tool store in the car park to fetch the set of drain rods. Give that man a medal!! Unfortunately there are no photos of him working as he couldn't take a selfie whilst also clearing a drain.
The walk back up to the car park seemed extra long today after all our efforts - a relaxing evening was called for!!
Ros E.
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