Present:
Mark, Bob w, Keith, John, Jonathan, Pat, Paul, Mike m, Ian, Terry and Martin. Mike p paid a visit. Alex helped instead of Mark m-t from swt.
Activities:
- pat looked the ponies
- Mike m fed the ponies and checked the fence line
- Alex put out the electric fence tape as last defence should ponies get through central fence
- took down the fencing at the car park, from the big gate down to the back corner of the cottage gardens
- showed Chris Sutton, ranger, what we intended to do.
- handed over letter from contractor to Alex, for Mark m-t
- made two wood piles of fence posts, struts and strainers
- loaded all old wire stock fencing, barb and wire into Alex's vehicle. Staples collected for future use.
- cut a new path along the edge of the ditch from the kissing gate to the car park, thereby avoiding all the mud
- Bob w cut some logs in the shed
- Terry, Paul and Ian protected three hornbeam saplings near the existing 2 mature hornbeams with tubes and stakes. There are a lot of seeds there as well. Also liked by Haines apparently.
Observations:
- cold and rainy and damp. Not very nice.
- people worked hard to complete the job essentially before lunchtime
- French books handed over to mike p
- loaded up some bags of logs for Mike p
Martin
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