May 4th 2010 ...Weekly volunteers

Present:  John, Ron, David, Neil, Mike, and Martin

Activities:

Special week where we celebrated John's 70th birthday.  So as well as the work done below, we all went to the Hatch were John fed and watered us.  Much appreciated.

We presented John with card, copy of Selbourne Natural History, and a pair of work gloves.

- repaired the kissing gate at the main car park, so that the latch worked and kept the gate fixed.  A pull and push construction was used to correct the main twisting that had affected the gate.  Probably some extra soil on the top would be useful.

- Repaired the fence along side the tool store onto the common, which was in a very poor state.  About 5 new supporting posts were put in place.   This does not effect the ponies, but only the cattle and sheep on the common.

- A couple of marked silver birch behind the cottages were taken down.

- reported a leak in the effluent system for the cottages.  There must have been a blockage more than half way towards the soak away, which had resulted in a blow out.  This was in exactly the same place that it happened about 4 years ago.  The head Gardener from windy ridge came out and started repairs, which should be quickly completed.  We must watch this progress.



- Order taken for 3 group photos and a south heath photo of Alan for the Sunday group.

- last bit of 'freecylce detergent' and jam bottles taken.

- butterfly and moth leaflets pinned up in shed noted as OK.

retired early

Martin