If the NCVs thought that they were in God's own country when they worked in the churchyard of St Cuthbert's, Pateley Bridge, a couple of weeks ago, then they must have felt as if they were in seventh heaven this week. Not only were they provided with drinks and fruit cake on their return, they were also plied with delicious hot soups and rolls at lunchtime!!
They are our favourite ladies!!
The NCVs were doing their second stint of helping the church get their nature and conservation project underway - a project to improve all the Upper Nidderdale church grounds for nature and wildlife. There was more removal of unwanted holly, ivy and brambles and some tree thinning on the agenda.
Without any further ado let's take a look at the pictorial evidence of a day well spent....
As the weather gods had ruled against us Liz brought
the AONB gazebo to keep the tools dry.
dismantle the structure when it was time to go home.
the veteran Holm Oak, which is protected by a TPO....
are covering the nearby graves.
Special permission from the council
will be needed for that.
The holly, however, can definitely be dealt with.
Now - what else needed doing?
(Someone's going to have an achy back tomorrow!)
...as did new volunteer, Sarah.
They weren't going to be walking bent
double for the rest of the week.
These legs came to light at one point in the day.
The front corner of the churchyard was revisited
as there was still some tidying up to be done here.
I think we can safely say that this area is now sorted.
Just that little pile of brash to shift.
Oh - yes - the brash.
Now - where was that going?
Follow me - bring it this way....
Ah yes - the mega dead hedge.
We'd forgotten about that.
There was still plenty of space to pile up more this week.
had been a brambly/weedy heap.
Anita used the turves from the
path edges to create a little lawn here.
Bowls anyone?
Hang on - turves from the path?
Why were they available?
Well - Adrian brought his power hose and
cleaned all the slippery, weedy paths and steps.
He was ably assisted by Brenda the brush
who also doubled up as a path edger.
Hence the turves.
Although path cleaning makes you very happy
it does tend to splatter you with mud!
In the back corner of the church yard was
a thicket of young trees which were
struggling to compete with each other.
Some selective thinning was
definitely on the cards here.
another two gravestones were discovered!
Before Tim started work on this holly he couldn't
have got anywhere near the base of the trunk.
Now the crown has been lifted and light
can reach the dank, mossy ground.
Well - that WAS a good day's work. The church's project is underway - now it's over to them with the baton.
Good Luck!!
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