This was our first visit to Southern Town
Park since cutting and raking the wildflower area in early September. The photo
shows the very attractive sign painted by Ursula. Since then, a lot of nettles
had sprung up as a result of the mild Autumn but a lack of hand forks meant we
couldn’t do much weeding. However, there were a lot of brambles to be cut back
and the usual litter picking. We were joined by Neil and Rhiannon. Rhiannon is
working towards a Scout award, which involves community and outdoor work.
We worked hard at slashing and raking up
the brambles and nettles and the weather was fine and mild. There also seemed
to be less litter than usual, so maybe the youth football club had been doing
their bit.
We stopped for our tea break, stoking up
with plenty of cake. The second part of the session was shorter than usual as
some people wanted to go to the bun throwing to celebrate the centenary of the
Armistice.
Dark clouds were gathering in the sky and
as soon as we had finished and loaded the tools, the first drops of rain began
to fall. So, once again we had been lucky with the weather.
-Eleanor
Photos by Ursula:
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Weeding the wild flower patch. |
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Litter picking. |
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Scything brambles. |
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Cutting back brambles and weeds. |
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Ready for tea. |
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A great clean-up. |
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