NOT A TUBE IN SIGHT!!
The NCVs all cheeered wildly when the email came through announcing that they would NOT be dealing with tree tubes again this week. A fourth week on the trot may well have pushed them over the edge. It would have been the straw that broke the camel's back. Instead they were due to be working in Hackfall Woods, using their well honed skills of woodland maintenance.The camel could happily wander on, his back very much intact.
See what they used these skills for below:
First of all - carpentry. A while back three rotten steps up to the ruin were replaced. That left a few more still to do.
Think this needs just an inch or two off.
These steps needed a good cleaning....
...after which they became a perfect
place for a coffee break.
Then there was the matter of an island in the middle of Fountains pond that needed clearing...
Liz and Julia demonstrate their ability to walk on water
to reach their overgrown destination.
other end of the causeway
to prevent visitors trying to reach the island.
(Yes - they didn't actually walk on water.)
This NCV didn't try to walk on water at Alum Springs,
favouring the much safer stepping stones.
Next up - some plumbing...
What's the problem?
Hmmmm. Now that looks bad.
That water should definitely be flowing under,
not over, the path.
OK. This calls for Handy Andy.
That's it HA - get stuck in.
Plumber Paul worked magic with the spade.
Now THAT looks about right.
Well done chaps!
At lunchtime something interesting (worrying?)
caught the attention of this group of NCVs.
I will leave it to your imagination to
decide what it could have been....
I suppose it may have been this item
of XXXL menswear found in the pond.
As well as very large jumpers the NCVs saw many more pretty sights.
Beautiful bugle and ramsons in abundance...
...unfurling fern crosiers...
...and carpets of bluebells.
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