Thirteen met at the Gorse Patch today, and cleared some of the gorse and the saplings growing through it. We have new Power Tools recently purchased, which we will have chance to use in the New Year.
The morning’s Weather was atrocious, so only the Hutcliffe Wood Group met. Six of us turned up at “The Monkey Bumps” halfway along the main track through Hutcliffe Wood. We were joined by Rangers, and, as the rain was less heavy than promised, we set about taking out as much male (non-berried) holly as possible. The Rangers had brought some sharp new knife-saws and loppers and showed us what holly to cut and where to cut it from. Most important was to pile the branches and saplings next to the track with cut end facing the track so it would
Thirteen of us met today The eight at the Gorse Patch met with Jon Dallow, to discuss the future of our work there. A separate report will be sent out once we have collated our thoughts on this very informative meeting. The remaining five worked on the length of Beauchief Abbey Drive: Trimmed and tidied the hedge a little in places Cleared leaves from the footpath Removed leaves, branches and accumulated mud from the gutters on both sides of the road, freeing up the grates and drains alongside the footpath to allow future rainfall to flow away easily. Many passers-by thanked
The ten members who arrived today cleared the Cobbled Path of leaves and associated debris. Before and after the difference was amazing. We received grateful thanks from local users whilst working. The local Ranger had also been in action this morning, leaf blowing on the Westwick path, the driving range path up to the junction, and on the Twentywell path.
Eleven of us met at the Hamlet today and began the tasks previously agreed. Two steps had become worn and broken; these were repaired. Leaving one small job to finish later. The area containing the Rolling Mill was cleared of rubbish, and we began the svy clearance. We were told that they intend to paint this and make it a feature of the whole site. As the skip has not yet appeared we left the rubbish at the edge of the Car Park. The Dam Repairers are storing their equipment there so we are unsure when we can return. We
Nine members met today to carry out work in three areas.Group One headed for Hutcliffe Wood to complete the stone bench by cementing on the top stones before joining Group Two where the grill on the middle pond near The Barns was made secure with bolts. Ties were also used to secure the wire fence to the original metal one so making the fencing neater and more secure. Three of us worked in the woodland meadow in the Nature Park for the first half of the morning, to be joined by a member of the other group for the second
Thirteen of us turned up today with the following tasks completed: The Grill on the Abbey Pond was made secure after we had to leave it last week. Revetments and Steps were replaced in Ladies Spring Wood. Some of this work took us past the Deer Park where the Stag was in full throttle.
Eight turned up at the store this morning with very damp but mild weather conditions. Reading through the tasks we decided to complete the work on Tony’s Steps as well as installing the grill on the pond. Unfortunately, the stonework to hold the grill proved quite resistant for our battery powered drill so a start was made but needs to be completed at some stage. In the meantime we cleared vegetation along the path side and overhanging the pond. After our break we headed up Tony’s Steps to complete two risers and two revetment sections. Hopefully they will stay in good order
Nine members worked today as follows: Six went to Park Bank Wood and finished the revetment and steps replacement we began last week. Three more progressed the Hutcliffe Wood Bench to about halfway stage. Sorry but the ‘guests’ residing in Shene Field are Llamas, not Alpacas as reported last week. There are still 16 of them and they look fantastic. Long may they remain.
Fourteen members of the Working Group arrived today with the following achieved: A trip to Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet for two, to assess the work they have asked us to do. Provisionally we will be working there Mondays 10th & 17th November . Tony’s Steps were given some TLC, but more is needed; so we plan to return next week. When we got there, we saw that a tree had recently fallen across the bottom. It appears this was during Storm Amy, but a BEG supporter was quick to cut off the offending bits so free access to the Steps was restored.
We were pleased to entertain Jon Dallow from the Council this morning, and the seven Monday Group members [surprisingly only one Committee member] had a conversation with him on various matters , including our future use of Power Tools. He was given a tour of the Nature Park and he left us with a battery operated hedge trimmer and strimmer for us to evaluate, before making a decision on what to purchase. In our discussion, it was agreed we would meet again with an Ecologist to have a closer look at the Gorse Patch and maybe other areas also. We
On the day of the Autumn Equinox, eleven of the Group met at the Store, and scanned the Task List for outstanding jobs. Two went to Hutcliffe Wood began clearing the site where a new stone bench will be built and another took the mower to the SCC Depot for a service and a pull cord repair The rest: Cleared the plastic pots from the Nature Park Replaced four of the Postman’s Steps The two who went to Hutcliffe Wood took out the cherry laurel at the top of the BEG- installed steps at the Abbey Lane end; then