By the session leader
The Green
Lane has a smart new fence. Who needs a
gate anyway?
We started
today in a leisurely fashion, gently trimming bits and pieces and the odd
bramble along the Green Lane, trying not disturb any nesting birdies. One gymmer surprised an immature wren, who
fluttered off quickly. So no picture:
sorry!
A brief
detour up Castle Hill brought us to more cowslips than many of us have ever
seen. The leisurely day continued with
tea a little early in Little Wittenham woods.
Now the real
gym-work of the day started. We had to
widen the bridleway and the corner, so the warden could sweep round with his
trailer instead of ploughing into mud and messing up the verges.
A good
aerobic and muscle work-out, like last week’s turf cutting. Some bright spark suggested transporting the
turf down to Ewelme to refill where we’d dug.
Having found
moderately hard ground on the inside of the bend, we spread hogging to keep it
firm.
Just 5 more
minutes please to finish the job, with the track now a good metre wider and the
corner with a generous curve. Note all
the coats we shed: it was hot work.
A delightful
walk home, through more cowslips and a 5-minute hail storm. [Ed: but
no red in the sky, so no purple rain. Or purple snow.]
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