Remember, remember,
the 5th November....
...but not because the NCVs were plotting on carrying out any subversive activities involving gunpowder or treason. They just had to put the date in their diaries to remind them to turn up at Hackfall Woods. They needed to carry out some much needed woodland maintenance, as it was nearly 2 months sunce their last visit.
Having had a week off duty, they were all rested and ready for action and, despite the gloomy sky....
.... there was a good turn out and lots got done.
Now gang. I want you to split up into three
teams and go off in different directions
to do whatever is needed.
One team went off and tackled gully clearance
and repairs; step cleaning and declogging
the stream to the weeping rock.
This gully was situated in a
particularly muddy patch.
Another team of artisans dealt with the replacement
of an edging board alongside the path
from Fisher's Hall to Alum Spring.
They did an amazing job, using only nature's
supply of pegs and butressing for the boards.
A third team reported having cleared fallen
branches, gullies and unspecified 'other stuff'.
However, in the absence of any photographic
evidence of this,we will just have to take it on trust
they weren't swinging the lead
and admire this nice autumn fungus instead!
