HIMALAYAN BALSAM REMOVAL!!!!!
Yes. Sorry folks. HBR up the valley at Limley Farm it is.
I know - we've been up here doing this regularly over the last few years. But there are thousands of seeds that remain, ungerminated, in the soil each year and more get brought in on people's walking boots every day. All we can do is keep bashing to keep it under some kind of control until the new balsam rust fungus treatment trial is completed and rolled out across the land.
So - here's how the day panned out.....
A VERY small team got booted and
suited in rather damp conditions.
First they limbered up with
a spot of HBR by the roadside.
Pull and squash or slash and squash.
Whatever takes your fancy.
A gang of sheep came to see if
they could help.
Then it was down to the dry river bed.
At first things looked good.
Not much B to be Rd.
Uh Oh.
More B up here.
The balsam had obviously taken
up golf whilst waiting to be pulled.
Balsam Utopia here.
Never mind.
We have the A team.
The balsam was soon no more.
Although the weather had improved
there was a much wetter river bed here.
Osian simply waded through to reach
plants on the far side.
Ken preferred to use
a fallen log as a bridge.
The team pulled all day and made
some good inroads. However,
needless to say, there is still more to do!!
Meanwhile, down in the council chamber back in Pateley Bridge, a small group of vols were being trained in the legalities of footpath way-markers. This was to prepare them for any footpath improvement work they may do in the future. They surveyed the Greenhow Geology Trail as part of the training.
A much more civilised way to spend a morning compared to HBR!!
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