Mastermind Final 2025
Clive Myrie fixed the last contender (Fred Bloggs) with his beady eye - the question he was about to pose would decide the outcome of the Mastermind final 2025. Fred only needed to answer this and the trophy would be his. He could feel a bead of sweat running down his brow.
CM: So Fred. What do the following four pictures have to do with the Nidderdale Conservation Volunteers?:
A
B
C
D
Fred nervously glanced up at the screen and a smile of relief suddenly broke out on his face.
FB: That's easy Clive. They are all pictures of tubes and that's what has been occupying the Nidderdale Conservation Volunteers for the last two weeks.
CM: Correct! Well done Fred! You have beaten your rival by one point. You are the Mastermind for 2025. Do you mind me asking how you knew?
FB: Simple Clive - I read the NCVs' blog and the removal of plastic tree tubes in order for them to be recycled has figured prominently of late. However, this week they were relieved to be doing something completely different in a SSSI woodland called Hackfall Woods - as you can see in the photos currently being displayed on the screen behind us.
Cue powerpoint presentation.....
The first job that needed doing was
the clearing of this fallen tree.
It didn't take long...
...to clear the path...
and pile the brash down below.
Right - onwards to job two -
the refurbishment of two weedy looking
barriers above Sandbeds.
The material for this was provided
by the cutting down of the saplings
obscuring the view to the weeping rock.
Excellent - there's the weeping rock.
Dave couldn't believe how lucky he was
to be picked for the brash dragging team.
By coffee time jobs two and three
were completed...
...and two robust
barriers were in place.
Anyone who had a head net
made sure they were wearing them
after the break.
The midges were out in force!
Then it was on to job four - clearing the
stream that runs to the weeping rock.
Both below the path...
...and above it.
The welly wearers were given this task
and did it very well.
The non-welly wearers moved on to
Allum Springs where jobs five and six
lay waiting.
The spring feeding the rock face
was all over the place.
However, with the judicious
deployment of spades, a blockage
was removed and the rocks replaced.
Eventually the water flowed where it should.
Down below, the main stream
was cleared of debris...
...and another barrier refurbished.
By lunchtime almost all the
jobs had been done.
Just two more remained.
Paul and Osian cleared the encroaching
holly at the Grewelthorpe entrance
as they walked home.
That is better.
Everyone else just stopped on their way
to the car park to deal with this tree that
needed removing from the path side.
Thanks Ken!
And Helena and Amy -
brilliant team work!
All gone!
As the powerpoint presentation came to an end the Mastermind audience broke into loud applause, punctuated by cheers, as Fred Bloggs was awarded the well deserved trophy. Perhaps the NCVs should be awarded a trophy too?
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