"Listen up you lot!"
The NCVs had a long trek up to Scarhouse reservoir this week. Tree management was required in a plantation of about 5000 trees that had been created in 2018.
Now, management of trees does not mean standing on the sidelines, shouting out orders or otherwise incentivising them to work harder. That would be easy. No - what had to be done today was the other kind of tree management. The kind that involves removing tree tubes that are no longer required, or ensuring that tubes that have blown over throughout the winter are restored to the vertical. Not quite so easy.
The weather didn't help either - as you can see below....
The wind was blowing and the temperatures
were low (despite having left relatively
benign conditions down in Pateley Bridge).
Never mind - there were 17 of us to
share the work. Let's crack on!
Oh dear. This tree can have its tube
removed but is too far gone to be
restored to an upright position!!
Many of the trees were sitting in
pits full of water.
Now Friedy - what do you reckon
with this one?
by removing the tube -
its trunk had snapped half
way through inside.
by coffeetime. However...
...the provision of a tasty iced
sponge tray bake lifted spirits.
Thanks for that Dawn!!
Then it was back to the trees.
Roy and Brenda decided to
play a game of Crackerjack.
All that was needed was a large
cabbage and he would have won
the prize.
Tubes and stakes built up into piles.
And the piles got loaded onto the gator
to be transported to the farm.
As the morning drew to a close
the rain got heavier.
With 1/4 of the site sorted it was
time to take shelter in the barn...
...where there was a cosy mezzanine eatery,
just big enough for everyone to sit in.
The rain thundered down on the roof above.
Lunch over, it was back on with the
waterproofs for a final hour.
Luckily the rain eased at this pont.
Let's hope for better weather for
our second visit in 2 weeks time.
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