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Thursday Workday
It was a real pleasure to see Graham back out with us. It was a quick workday due to external factors but we got a bit done. This is a picture of what the railway-line looked like in the early … Continue reading
Chopping trees and burning the brash
Another soggy workday but quite a bit done. We are still working on the section between the two big clearings and ridge of ballast that we are trying to turn into a new path is slowly getting cleared. We created … Continue reading
Next Workday
Monday 5th November. 11am start. Working on the same area between the two clearings. Hope to see you there. Paul
Productive Workday
Good workday today and we took out a few large trees on the ridge of ballast. We were helped by a couple of lads who we found down on the greenway, so thanks if you are reading. We had to … Continue reading
…..it’s now!!! It took me and Paul ages to bring one tree down. I don’t think the saws are getting blunt, it was just a hard thick trunk that we were having to cut through. However, we got a bit … Continue reading
Next workday will be on Tuesday 23rd October at 11am. Working on the section between the picnic clearing and the bird-box clearing. What we will be doing is pushing back the scrub that is on the ridge of ballast and … Continue reading
Nice Workday
We seemed to dodge the rain and had a pretty good session on the greenway today. We managed to get a fire going that needed little maintenance and allowed us to just get on with clearing. Progress seemed slow as … Continue reading
Next Workdays..
Wednesday 12th September 2012 – cutting back the scrub between the two big clearings. 10:30 start. Sunday 16th September 2012 – continue to cut the scrub back between the two clearings. 10:30 start again. cancelled Probably work up until 1 … Continue reading
The task ahead is huge!!!
Good first proper workday today and it was a good one with lovely weather and we really got on with the task in hand. The learning points from last season to this one are becoming apparent. The ground that we … Continue reading
The start of our third clearance season starts here!!
If you think back to when we started, we meekly trimmed back the scrub and treated the it was a precious thing. Last year we were a lot bolder, but this year we really need to clear back savagely if we … Continue reading
