Hackfall Woods: 11-01-2022

 

This week it was the first visit to Hackfall in 2022. A day of routine maintenance, clearing gullies, sweeping benches, moving fallen branches etc.  Without any further ado let's see what was achieved....

Oh heck - what have these 2 NCVs 

spotted that has got them worried??

Maybe it was this??

Well - what a good job the NCVs are at hand!

Liz negotiated the debris...

...and deployed her bow saw.

Oh Ken - do you need a hand?

"Definitely - Andrew! Over here please!"

Goodness - it's made bit pf a mess of the fence!!

Now - is Julia just clearing stuff away

 or harvesting some materials?

Harvesting materials, obviously.

This feeble dead hedge keeps rotting down

 so needed replenishing.

Brilliant - replenished hedge now creates a 

definite barrier to anyone thinking they 

might just take a short cut down

 the slope to the sand beds.

Talking of brilliant dead hedging - 

these 2 ladies look slightly happier now that 

they have improved a second skinny little barrier.

Wonderful weaving girls!

And look at this nice clean bench - just one of the ones that were 

cleared and weeded.

Err, excuse me - just don't you drop any crumbs or spill any tea 

on that there bench. They've only just cleaned it!

Yet another horizontal tree. 

Storm Arwen to blame perhaps?

Let's clear the path at least.

This one was a little less monstrous.

This gully was chock full of rotting leaves and mud.

Not any more!!

So - to sum up - a very busy saw related day with a great team that cracked on making the paths safe for visitors. Well done to the NCVs for another hard day of graft.

Just to finish - is this a piece of tree decoration that the fairies forgot to pack away on 12th night or a string of rather unusual fungus?