A wonderful turn out of about a dozen of us to litter pick and to clear saplings from the moor.
All the hard work of the last few years by FOAW and by various other groups who have worked on the moor is now bearing in fruit: there are a lot fewer established saplings to clear, and much of the work can be done by pulling up seedlings of a couple of years old. Between us we 
probably removed several hundred seedlings and saplings.
The weather was fine and it was a really enjoyable morning.
Your correspondent kept an eye open for a lizard scampering away through the undergrowth, but the crafty critters laid low. Better luck next time!
Having completed work on the moor, your correspondent and Steph went off to clear away a tree which had fallen over a path. As is often the case, what seemed to be a five minute job, turned into a forty minute one, but we had the satisfaction of knowing that we had improved the lives of the dog walkers of Alwoodley.
Friends of Adel Woods 