A beautiful day. Tina and Tom did some litter picking; David did cleared paths; and the rest of us cleared holly and other vegetation round Adel Woods’ patch of Japanese Knotweed in preparation for Steve Joul treating it.
Japanese Knotweed is a 
problematic invasive plant which we are trying to eradicate in this country. For more information have a look at the wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_knotweed.
Before…
The task turned out to be a lot bigger than anticipated and seven of us were engaged for an hour and half clearing holly.
…and after
Friends of Adel Woods 
Many thanks. Andrew and I followed up the good work by spraying the knotweed in perfect conditions on Wed 19 Aug. We also removed a number of heavy items of rubbish including dumped concrete and a wheel and tyre.