DIARY of EVENTS

Twelve workers in total today. The two stonewallers collected a big pile of walling stone for Paul White to transport to Stone Cross field. Then they did the small repair of coping stones at the entrance to Lady Spring wood the top of the deer park, which had been pointed out as needing doing. The other ten had a very satisfying Morning at the

The twelve of us who arrived today split into three tasks. Seven met at the Hamlet and began the clearance of the rough area at the back of the car park. It had become a dumping ground and shortly there is to be a tree and soil survey, prior to it becoming an extension to the car park. Four of us laid out the

The ten folk that arrived today all met at the Nature Park pond, where we distributed the sand that was delivered, at 10.00 am, and began excavating Turf & Earth from the area to lay on top, as requested.This was a large job and we need to return to complete it, next week.Whilst there, we spotted Newts swimming in it and Mr & Mrs

Eleven workers met today, with nine at the Hamlet and two at the Driving Range. The Hamlet View Point was finished with all weeds and grass finally cleared from the cobbles, the edge of the top Car Park was also cleared of weeds and a number of flagstones , on the site,  were replaced or repaired. There is more work to do, so we

Thirteen of us went to the Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet today, and we were given a Tour of the areas requiring us to work on. We identified the three priority areas as follows: The path up to the viewpoint had become very slippery due to moss/weeds/grass growing in the gaps and they have closed it due to it being unsafe for visitors. So, on hands

Fourteen members joined in today on a very warm morning. Thirteen went back to the new pond with one litter picking the area, who joined us at 11.00 am for John’s 80th Birthday celebration. We built up the pond side nearest the road, raising it around 30 cm and put more posts in to strengthen the fence.  Robins are nesting in the Barn, getting access

Thirteen members turned up to work on the pond liner and its surroundings.  During the morning we completed a fence around the pond and the required posts though ideally we need some more to improve the stability of the fence.  Flags (plants not stones) were strewn onto the liner to produce a more natural setting.  Some water had accumulated from Sunday morning’s rain and more

A gang of nine, on a wet morning, had a brilliant time at the Nature Park pond, laying the underlay and liner and beginning the surrounding fencing. Next week, if we’re all back, we should finish off the job.

Q -What is an ideal situation when you lay a new Pond Liner A – For it to rain heavily after laying it, in dry conditions. So today was not so ideal, as the heavy rain came from the early morning, but there was no chance of cancelling the delivery, even though further work was impossible In the event, sixteen of the Group stood

Two group totalling eleven members were working today. The three at Stone Cross Field built up the new stone bench to just below coverband level during the morning. Nine others met at the Abbey and went up to the top of the Cobbled Path, except for one who went to the Westwick steps, to give them some TLC. At the top of the Cobbled Path, the

On a wet morning only four turned up the Abbey, with another four at the Stone Cross Field bench. The bench team carried on building the north facing one, which like the south facing is curved (the east and west facing benches will be straight). The other four went to the dry pond on the Nature Park and began the remedial work, but finished early.

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