"BOB A JOB"
NCV job scouting team:
"Eh there missus. Want any jobs doing? Very good rates - just a bob a job - and a group of 9 highly skills NCVs to do them."
Rosemary Helme (owner of Old Spring Wood):
"Now let me think. Oh yes - I've got a few odd jobs you can do in Old Spring Wood this week. I'll give James a list and I'll see you on Tuesday."
And see us she did. We did a lot of jobs but decided to waive the fee. See the photo blog below....
Ros E.
Up in the top plantation:
Trees planted long ago had to be
freed from their tree tubes.
All were thriving and had grown quite tall.
Some of the tubes were awkward to reach
but this didn't deter Yvonne and Mich.
Colin sliced the tubes with surgical precision...
As he peeled back the plastic the trees
breathed a sigh of relief.
The slugs and worms that were then revealed were less happy.
One was heard to say, as it wiggled and slid away, that he was going
to put in a complaint to the local council. There had been no prior
warning of this de-tubing activity.
Many tubes were well overdue for removal.
Trips down to the wall with armfuls of unwanted tubing
allowed the bob-a-jobbers to see the lovely view.
Meanwhile, down in the main wood:
First up was the creation of 6 notice boards
using the materials provided.
These then had to be inserted at the 6 different entrances
into the wood in order to pass on an important
message to the public, namely:
A spike was used to provide the hole for the stake...
...and a heavy mallet then had to be wielded to knock them in.
Ta Da! That must be worth a bob of anyone's money.
After a short coffee break ...
...on to job number 2. This entailed the team walking the
various pathways with bow saws and loppers, finding a number of
fallen tree branches that had blocked pathways...
...and removing them.
Now that's definitely worth a bob.
Bird box monitors can now reach box number 3 in safety.
Brash piles were constructed with the resulting vegetation.
Last 2 jobs of the day involved the lower woodland
team pruning off unwanted sycamore growth and de-tubing
trees that were big enough to stand on their own two roots.
Lunch was a leisurely affair in the sunshine -
very enjoyable indeed.
Jan lent back against his rear wheel as a
deterrent against anyone pinching it.
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