Eleven of us met up with volunteers from the Nettleham Woodland Trust on a gorgeous hot day.

We spent most of the day split between two tasks at this relatively new woodland that has been created since 2006. 

The main priority was to help restore the paths for pedestrians and wheelchair users: this involved hoeing and digging away at the encroaching weeds then raking the surface level, very hot work under the sun.

A group of us also spent the time shifting wheelbarrows full of bark and wood chippings from two stock piles and, starting at the bridge, laying it to build up the height of the path, which has become very boggy in the previous years.  It is hoped that repeated layers of the bark will raise it so that it remains dry.

All wasn’t work though.  There was lunch at a very civilised picnic area near the willow tunnel.

And after work we were treated to tours of the different parts of Ashing Lane Nature Reserve and woods including the newer 10 acre Co-op wood. Some walked around the new lake, while others were taken on a tour of the wood and shown the Book of Oaks.
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An enjoyable and hot day and we look forward to coming here again.
Jeff