13th September 2011 -- Weekly Volunteers

- Windy sunny with showers, both forecast and correct  Not nice and day short



Present:

John, Pat, Neil, Ron, Mike and Martin
Martin late after appointment

Activities:

-  road works on m1
- cut down small birch on m1
- marked out edge for remaining road work
- sapling Birches near batter's clump
- cut down three small birch in pines, being the source of saplings
- checked fire beaters at cricket pitch.  2 definitely need immediate repair.
    took 2 away to be replaced/mended
- pulled up bramble in ditch and bracken behind tool store
- pollarded birch along road
- filled 3 bags of bark,

- things not done because of bad weather and early departure.
    Ring barking,  switch off water, collect dung,  cut gorse


News:

- archaeologist plan
- ring barking ok
- restrict pollarding to edges
- road to go ahead
- no scraping
- finding felling contractor, but difficult
- new neighbours at top lodge
- returned angle grinder via paul's helper



observations:

2 ravens
Hobby calling
Meadow pipits moving
Lots of chaffinches on beech mast


Pat took 5 bags of bark
Ron took 2 bags ballast


Martin