This weeks' blog was written by Eleanor D
This Saturday we were at Dry Sandford Pit, which is managed
by BBOWT. Our tasks were to widen a path to be used by the stock trailer by
cutting back the encroaching vegetation, mostly brambles and briars, to clear a
corner by the cliff face next to a gate and to cut runnels in the fen.
Most people went to do the first task, while Kevin and
Philip tackled the second, which required using the tree popper, and Jim set to
work on the fen with his scythe.
Break time was fine and warm and we enjoyed relaxing in the
sunshine. After the break some people went to rake up the vegetation the Kevin
and Philip had cut. There was also a lot of clearing to be done on the fen
where Jim had been scything, but unfortunately only one person volunteered for
that task so it remained unfinished.
The fen is a rare habitat, so BBOWT tries to discourage the
public, particularly dog walkers, from accessing it. We have helped to do this
by constructing barriers of branches across the most obvious access points.
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scything the low levels at the start of the path |
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clearing vegetation higher up |
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hard at work |
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tea time in the sun for some |
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tea time in the shade for the others |
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announcements for next weeks activity |
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hard at work after tea |
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next bit to do!
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the end results |
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plenty of room now for the trailer
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