10th August 2010 ... weekly volunteers

Present:  Ron, Neil, Mathew ( Ron's son) and Martin

Activities:
- lookered the ponies
- digging up bracken and silver birch on South Heath.  Neil took some birch away for gardening.
- brought in the rest of the wood from the first wood pile
- cut up all the wood in the tractor shed and the stuff above
- some bags of wood taken as perks, and some added to stock in tractor shed.
- Ragwort dug up near car park
- Made a Pine branch safe opposite the high beeches.  It is now further away from the path and it is clear that if the current attachment breaks it will only fall a few feet and remain hung up.  It is less dangerous to leave like this, than at this moment to attempt to take it down.
- cleared the path up to the car park a little. One can get very wet walking along here.

Observations:
- meadow browns, gatekeepers
- Hobby calling from OL1
- Dodder on road opposite to the small wooden gate
- 4 of Mrs Reid's black sheep near stony pond.  There is a place where they can get under the fence.  Mrs Reid will be informed, but there is probably no urgency to this.


Martin