Ock Path Town End - Saturday 18th November 2023
Blog and photos by Eleanor The weather was dull and damp, but fortunately, without the heavy rain forecast the previous day. Our prospective tasks at the Town end of the Ock Path were to clear three areas and plant Spring wildflower bulbs, to put woodchip on the path in areas which had not been covered in an earlier session, to pick up litter and -, if time, to test some river water for phosphates and nitrates. Sadly, only the first of these tasks was completed as only four and a half people turned up for the session. The half will be explained later. Having unloaded the car we trundled the wheelbarrow laden with tools to our encampment. We then set to work clearing two of the previously marked out areas. Fortunately, the ground was soft from the recent rain, so it was fairly easy to pull out nettles by the roots, thoug