Herbert Forest Working Bee:
April 6th 2014
There were two main concerns for this day – firstly would be have sufficiently good weather and secondly, how many people would turn up. The day started fine and 12 people turned up, so all was well. We were also fortunate that we could have an extra hour in bed!
Meeting at the Swallows car park, we divided into 4 teams that spread themselves around the tracks. Our team worked hard up until 1.00 , in fact so hard that it wasn’t until we went into a clearing for lunch that we discovered it was lightly drizzling. We also realised at this stage that we should have spread our efforts over a larger section of the track. I understand the other groups were more successful in doing this.
The weather did not encourage a picnic atmosphere when we all met up, so there was a reasonably quick debrief that included some suggestions for the ‘open day’, then we smartly left for home.
A BIG thanks to all those who turned up – and especially to Bron ,Tim and Jo who travelled some distance to help. Also to Bess, Neville, Jac, Roz, Noel, Robbie, Colin and John. Trust your backs and hands are not in agony like mine.
Too busy for photos!
Jane