Glasshouses verge: 15-09-2020

 Let's get a move on.

Quick, quick, quick!

It was a repeat task for the NCVs this week. Further cutting, raking and burning of the grass on the wildflower verge at Glasshouses was needed.  With Covid 19 cases on the rise and 'the rule of 6' already in place, could the job be done before a second national lockdown might be reinstated???!!! Let's see how far they got and if their goal was reached. At least the weather on the run up to Tuesday was warm and dry, so that was going to help the situation.

Hang on - that group's bigger than 6!

Don't worry - we are working so that's allowed.

And the yellow jackets are off - with a spring in their step.

The first of the four working groups only went as far 

as the start of the verge whilst everyone else carried on.

Not so far to walk but....

....the narrowness of the verge at this point just 

didn't allow for a full swing of your scythe.

Once the verge widened out there was no stopping Andy. 

He swung his scythe as a scyther should.

Can you spot the frog? Luckily sharp eyed Brenda did 

and he lived to hop another day. 

The grass was raked and then had to be transported down 

to the middle of the verge for burning.

Julia and Ros E. were barrow girls...

...and Andrew a pole balancing barrow boy...

... but Liz preferred the 'off the shoulder' look.

Further along the verge group 2 were hard at it....

..although first time scyther, Adrian, was caught

 looking wistfully into the distance, wondering 

whether he should have opted for raking.

It was such a hot day that Paul and Ros K decided to air their shins.

Down, beyond the picnic benches, group 3 were making good inroads

 into the other half of the verge.

Group 4 were the fire tenders. 

Alistair got busy with the matches.

What a day to be tending a fire!! 

100 degrees in the shade (est.) The sweat was running freely.

At the end of the afternoon the bonfire had to be doused 

with water before we could go home.

What a sorry sight!

Some of the groups ate lunch in style but all Alistair 

wanted to do was to practise his tight walk roping act.

By 2pm everyone was almost passing out with heat exhaustion so the job didn't get finished. Hopefully our next visit in 2 weeks time will allow us to complete the task ahead of a lockdown. Fingers crossed!