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Despite steady drizzle, and several regulars having already let me know they couldn't attend today, we still had a good turnout of 14 volunteers.
The jobs completed were as follows:
- The wildflower area alongside Thoresby Road was enlarged so that it is now about double the size it was. The grass...
On a very cold but sunny morning we had ten members attend today's session and between us we completed the following jobs.
- Four of the group again swept the leaves from the bridle path.
- The usual litter pick was completed on both reserves.
- The rest of us concentrated on clearing overhanging...
After a cold few days this morning was a perfect winter morning without a cloud in the sky and feeling pleasantly warm.
We had another great turnout with 17 volunteers which included two new people who intend to become members.
Today was the second part of our helping in Broxtowe's Clean and G...
Today we had another excellent turnout of 16 members on what turned out to be a dry and mild morning.
As we had agreed to take part in the Council's Clean and Green campaign the Mayor and Mayoress of Broxtowe visited us today. They addressed our group and thanked us for helping to maintain this...
The forecast of light rain thankfully turned out to be wrong so we had a cloudy but dry morning to work in. Today we had 13 volunteers and we completed the following jobs:
- The bridle path was cleared of leaves and tree debris.
- Several overhanging dead branches on the bridle path were cut down...
On a perfect autumn morning we had a brilliant turnout of 18 volunteers which included four new members, all young and fit!
- Contractors had been clearing all the burnt gorse and broom since last Wednesday (3rd) and are coming back on Monday (8th) to complete the chipping and to spray the bracke...
With several members on holiday we only had 8 volunteers on what was a really pleasant sunny day without it being too warm. The jobs completed were as follows:
- Yet another extra step was installed in the area just beyond Walter's seat. This probably won't be the last as the erosion on this path...
On another hot and sunny day we had 11 members turn out which was quite good as 3 of regulars were away for the weekend.
Work completed on both reserves was as follows:
- The six new Green Flag signs for 2018/2019 were erected.
- Two paths that were badly overgrown were cleared.
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- Broom...
On what was a very hot summer's day 12 volunteers braved the sunshine, all were well armed with water bottles and wearing suitable protection against the sun (28⁰C).
Most of the group concentrated are clearing overgrown paths.
On a very warm sunny morning we had 12 volunteers attend, and the jobs completed where as follows:
- A large area of rosebay willow herb was cut down to ground level before it had started to flower.
Usually this is something that's gets forgotten until it is going to seed and much as we like it i...
