Saturday, 27th August 2016: bracken bashing reloaded

Following our successful session of bracken bashing on the 14th August, we decided to

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Andrew, in a testosterone fuelled moment

have another session to carry on the good work.

We had another good morning.  Unfortunately, your correspondent seems to have forgotten to take his camera and take any pictures, so we are having to rely on archive pictures.  The action packed photograph of Andrew was taken on the 14th August – he wasn’t there on the 27th.  However, the photograph contains a poetic truth!

p1080628The same three methods of “bashing” were used. David S had modified his bracken bashing machine by the addition of pieces of metal to act as blades.  These were a good idea, but the effectiveness of the machine was probably reduced because we put fewer mattocks on the pallet to provide weight.  Nevertheless, the machine provided much fun to its operators.

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Who is that good looking man, front left?

 

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