Humberstone Bank: 20-11-2018

READY, STEADY, PLANT!

The NCVs were on a mission this week - to plant 400 more trees at Humberstone Bank. They managed 380 last week so volunteer co-ordinator Liz had high hopes that they would achieve their goal. What was needed was a 'heads down, no getting side-tracked' approach. She employed CCTV cameras throughout the day to check that there was no slacking but has asked me to help her spot any shirkers in the captured images below. (She was too busy drying out her clothing to do it herself.)

Hmmm. Not much going on in this boggy patch of rushes.
Someone needs to get started planting alders here.
RIGHT AWAY!

Ah. That's more like it. Well done Ros K. 
You've made a good start there.

Yes - there does seem to be plenty of action up at the top of the slope. 
Oaks to be planted here. 

Phil and David appear to be working hard over there, 
banging in the tree stakes.

Tom;s wielding a spade so hopefully 
there'll be a tree in the ground fairly soon.

Definitely a tree being planted here.
However - working in a pair may constitute a form of shirking
 as only half the possible number of trees will get planted that way.
Note to Liz - these two should only get half their cake rations.

Now then - is Alistair actually doing anything with those tubes 
or is he spending some time in contemplation? 

Oh dear - there he is again. Tubes in hand but no action.
Note to Liz - this NCV 's daily tree planting rate needs checking 
to ensure there has been no shirking going on. 

This is blatant shirking. Ruth may be holding a
 lump hammer but she's not doing ANYTHING with it.
Note to Liz - I feel that this particular NCV needs
 to be given an immediate performance review (or a severe wigging.)

Well done that man - he's got everything he needs 
to keep him busy over the other side of the stream until lunchtime. 
Full cake ration for David.

 At two points in the day the only action going on 
was that which involved chewing and tea drinking. 

I suppose that this type of behaviour could be overlooked as 
the NCVs may get their union involved if there were no cake breaks at all.

The cameras kept filming until all of this group of 
horizontal tree tubes were upright and contained trees. 

Everyone left the site at 1:30pm. An unusually early end to the day but 
at this point Liz called time on the job as the rain was getting
 steadily worse and everyone's hands had gone numb.
David carried out the remaining trees on his back.

And the final result? 350 trees out of the 400 planted. Well done NCVs - not quite the full quota but that was down to rain stopping play (although.....perhaps if there hadn't been so much shirking by those who shall remain nameless. the job may have been completed. We shall say no more about it. I just hope you know who you are and are ready to change your ways next week.