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On a very overcast but dry morning we had 10 members attending. The January work session has always been the month when we have the big litter collection and Broxtowe Borough Council collect everything on the following day. Even though there was not a lot of the usual paper/bottles/plastic cartons...
For the last work session of 2016 we had another good turnout of 13 members, on a day which was ideal for working.
We finally cleared the last few trees that had been growing within the avenue of trees and started on clearing some of the sawn off branches. We will complete this next month...
On a cold morning we had an excellent turnout of 16 members so were able to tackle some quite strenuous jobs.
- More work was done on the double avenue of trees we started on last month. Today we cut down all the trees which had grown in the centre of the avenue which were mostly fairly small in t...
Despite four of our regulars being unavailable today we still had nine volunteers on a perfect sunny October morning and still completed the scheduled jobs. These were:
- Carrying out minor repairs to two of the steps leading from Thoresby Road.
- Litter picking on both reserves.
- Removing invasi...
Another good turnout of 12 members this morning resulting in a very productive session.
The jobs we completed were as follows:
- The bridle path was cleared of mud and tree debris and then swept.
- The steps leading down to Thoresby Road were also cleared of debris and swept and the pavement a...
Eleven members came to today's session. Amongst the tasks undertaken...
- Two members cleared the numerous areas of bramble and other vegetation that was overhanging the bridle path
- Another two did the usual litter pick and at the same time washed the various signs dotted about the...
11 members attended today's session and for the first time this week it was sunny and dry!
- Three of the smaller paths were completely blocked with a mixture of bramble, nettles, bracken and hogweed so we cleared these.
- Two of the group also cleared the thick mud which always accu...
With several of our regulars on holiday we still managed to have 9 people turn out on a very sunny day and the following task were undertaken:
- the bridle path was swept to clear the accumulated tree debris and overhanging branches were cut back.
- all main paths on both reserves were also clear...
As the two wildflower areas were not rotovated until May 13th it was necessary to organise an additional session on May 16th, when six of us raked the areas to a fine tilth and then sowed the seed. We should, hopefully, still get a colourful display from July onwards.
The grass was then...
May 2016 Work Session Report
08 May
Today saw one of our best turnouts to date with with 15 members attending. With such a good showing, we were able to complete the following jobs:
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Litter picks on both reserves.
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The daffodils on Thoresby Road side were dead-headed (to make the area look tidier but more importantly to st...
