Ten NCVs turned up to Hackfall today where the sun quickly came out for a lovely day. In short time we had volunteers for the 3 tasks that were on offer:
- bracken bashing
Alistair, Phil and Jo opted for bracken bashing.
The woods looked like a tropical rain forest.
Take that! And that!
And this time don't come back!
And this time don't come back!
(But it will....)
- cleaning and sanding benches
Ros, Anita and Angela wore their fingers to the bone
scrubbing clean no fewer than 9 benches.
Mind you - it was worth it. Kent's seat looked wonderful afterwards.
Angela took a bit of time out to admire the view
from one of the benches she was scrubbing.
Hardly surprising given the nature of the landscape.
- clearing silt and debris from the top Pond, near Grewelthorpe, down to the Alum Spring.
Down in the depths of the valley a band of 4 were shovelling silt.
This task is almost as difficult as catching hold of a cloud
as the silt just keeps sliding off the shovel in the water.
There was also plenty of silt to shift that was a bit drier.
An intrepid explorer makes his way up the water course.
Mind your footing - we don't want any wet pants.
We met up at Fountain Pond for lunch where we enjoyed Audrey’s flapjack and watched the dragonflies. By 3:15pm the last of us had returned to the car park having completed the mission to the Alum Spring.
James
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