By the Session Leader:
Fabulous
blue sky views on our way to the site, on the scarp by Christmas Common
with a brief
stop (for some) at “the classroom”:
The
excitement today was the arrival of the Rapid Euro, which was to cut through
the scrub to make pathways for the sheep, the humans, and their pooches. [Which
we trust are all duly kept under control, as has apparently not always been the case at one of the other sites we visit: our thoughts turned
to those we know there. – Ed.] This
was the beast which aroused such interest – and calls of “You won’t be allowed
to use it!”
The Rapid Euro is a pedestrian tractor, and
can have a variety of tools attached. Today,
it was a brush cutter, featuring a set of flails underneath tucked behind the
protective chains:
So what did
we get up to, equipped with our hand tools? Our job was to clear the way for the brush
cutter: to clear a 2-metre wide path in an area where the brambles were just
too dense and too tall for the brush cutter to even get started. Here we are starting work, widening the path:
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| Volunteer
using a dasselbasher, secured round the wrist with a leather thong, so that he can wear protective gloves as well |
Today was
extraordinarily hot. [No ‘winter and rough weather’ in our neck
of the woods, though seriously soggy further north. – Ed.] Warmest September day since 1911 in some parts
of the country: 34 Celsius in Kent; a mere 28 at noon for us. Lovely, but meant plenty of brow mopping:
Notice the
path is almost 2 metres wide now.
Tea break
was very welcome under the shade of the spreading oaks:
It is an
excellent year for blackberries, after all the sun we’ve had:
What a
glorious corner of England we live in!
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