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After being told by six of of our regulars that for a variety reasons they were unable to attend today's session I was quite surprised that we managed to get nine members attending. It was a sunny morning and with little breeze and also quite warm.
- Many paths were now getting overgrown and even...
After several humid days this morning was much fresher with just a few bits of very light rain.
We expected today's turnout to be low as several people had already confirmed they would be missing for one reason or another and this is what happened with only 8 volunteers coming. We still managed to...
We had 11 members turnout out this morning on a dry cloudy morning. The numbers were less than recent sessions but as often happens on a bank holiday weekend several regulars were away on holiday.
Today we concentrated on getting the two wildflower areas ready for new seed to be sown.
- The ar...
A dry cloudy morning and eleven members were present.
The jobs completed were:
- An Ivy clad Hawthorn that had collapsed onto the bridleway earlier this week was cut down and moved away from the path. Part of the tree was still alive so it will hopefully regrow to fill in the gap. Two other trees...
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...
