There were twelve of the Monday Group members in total today, with eight meeting at the Store and four in Hutcliffe Wood.The eight split into 2 Groups :
Two of them collected two timber sleepers – 4 foot long, from a house on Westwick Road – and left them outside the Store. We also cleared the Abbey Pond overflows which were blocked with fallen leaves and branches and trimmed a few small trees growing in the middle pond wall.
When the weather improves more, we need to invert the Grille nearest the Abbey and possibly add some wide straining mesh to the open side.
The others were at the Cobbled Path and gave it some TLC. We cleared mud, trimmed the holly at the sides, and took out some overhanging branches, most of which were rotten.
The four working in Hutcliffe Wood continued with consolidating the holly cut in previous weeks into brash piles. There is still a bit to do, towards the top of the area that we worked in.