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We reached a grand total of thirteen today on a warm, dry Spring [nearly] day.  Eight of us went to the Cobbled Path and finished the clearance of more than three years of Autumn debris.  Next week we will go to the Westwick Steps and Driving Range path to do the same. Five of the bench group worked in Stone Cross Field on this beautiful day. We cut the turf and laid the foundation stones in preparation for building the second stone bench around the sycamore tree. 

In total there were twelve working this morning. Eight people turned out at the Barns and went to the Cobble path to continue clearing the path. Another was also out doing his usual litter picking.  As the ground at Stone Cross Field was too soft after all the rain, the three bench builders decided to delay the start of the construction of the North bench, and instead went to collect more stone from the home of a local donor. We now have enough stone for all the other three benches – and two of the dressed stone cover slabs have kindly

With seven of us meeting at the Barn and four on Stone Cross Field we had eleven today. Two of the bench builders went to Grindleford to collect the top slabs from Stoke Stoneworks whilst the other two mixed mortar and prepared the bed to receive them. The rest of the morning we spent aligning and levelling them. We can now report that the Stone Cross field southern facing bench has been completed. The group of seven cleared the outflows of the Abbey Pond, surveyed and measured the Pond in the Nature Park and began clearing the Cobbled Path of

On a cold dry Morning, eleven members arrived for work. Two went to the ‘Westwick Steps’ and repaired two of them. The others went to the bottom pond in the Nature Park, to carry out the work identified by Angus, during his recent visit. We chopped down the self sets on the bank side and created a ‘rustic barrier’ to deter dogs from going in. The We still have some work to do but could do with a steer from he Council.

Nine members assembled today with two separate tasks Six of us met one of the Rangers on Little Wood Bank, and began clearing Holly. We used hand tools while he was very industrious with a chainsaw. The cuttings will be chipped next week. At Stone Cross Field, three of us levelled and mortared the cover band ready for the top slab then took a template to deliver to the quarry so they can cut it appropriately.

The ten workers that arrived today were treated to a beautiful clear morning with the Trees displaying their Autumn colours. We then split into small groups to work on the following tasks A litter pick of the immediate area was undertaken, but the pickings were slim after the recent bad weather; hopefully a good sign. Beauchief Abbey Lane was cleared of leaves & mud by a large group of us. A few cut a hedge, mostly Blackthorn, that had overgrown and was forcing people to walk on the grass area rather than the path, in the area on the Round

Gulley’s Wood Meadow has been mowed by Abbeydale Golf Club,  and there is no further remedial work required by us. Ten of us turned out today with two going to Gulley’s Wood Meadow and the rest to the Nature Park : In Gulleys Wood Meadow the damaged wall was rebuilt to just short of coverband level and additional vandal (?) damage 10 yards further on (pushing over the cope stones – though thankfully, not this time, demolishing the rest of the wall)  repaired. In the Nature Park, we finished the bench , by putting the actual seat on it.  A