In this post-Brexit world of uncertainty it was reassuring for the NCVs to know that our timetable for tasks is unaffected (for the time being at least!) Almost a month to the day that we were last at Hackfall Woods we returned, just as we had been expecting. The weather was glorious - if very, very chilly. Thermals were required by the less hardy members of the group to ensure that the circulation in the legs did not come to a frozen standstill like the pond water and vegetation below.
Even by lunchtime the tops of the trees were still covered in frost.
The agenda for the day involved clearing mud and leaves from the culverts along the paths and clearing scrub from the historical vistas. The photos below show some of the 19 NCVs happy in their work.
Teams were picked in the car park.
The culvert clearing team had a job on their hands -
where's the culvert?
Somewhere along this line I think.
Yes - thought so!
There's another one down here and across there.
Avril and Yvonne got to work on the scrub
covering the Fountains pond island.
Now that's looking much better girls.
Further up the hill more scrub needed removing...
... to try to reveal the view of the ruin at the top.
The culvert clearers also did a bit of bridge scraping...
..
. and step scraping to keep visitors safe.
Sally used her saw to good effect on a fallen
tree to make it ready for chainsawing.
Anita helped with this task and made a brash pile
with the resultant vegetation.
Ros K. was a little more creative with her brash pile and
fashioned a Rudolph the Orange Eyed Reindeer instead.
Ros E.
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