It is that time of year again: the time of year when certain people get the urge to put on their waders and frolic in the mud of Adel Pond. And despite a dire weather forecast of rain all morning as Storm Callum hit the UK, we had a great turn out of eight Friends to help Steve Joul dredge Adel Pond and pick up litter.
Ditch clearing
In the event, it didn’t rain at all, and it was a pleasant morning in Adel, even though the rain apparently pelted down all day only a few miles away in Harrogate!
Two of our team litterpicked. The rest of us set off down the path from Buckstone Road to the pond where there were two aspects to our work. Most of us focused on clearing out silt from the bottom of the pond, while one of our number focused on clearing out the ditches feeding water into the pond.
At the end of the morning we carried out a brief exploration of the woods above the pond to see if there are any more watercourses which can be diverted into the pond, and we identified some work which we can do in our next event in November.
One of our intrepid litter pickers – in retro punk style!
We then set off down to inspect the first five traps – located in a thicket to the south of the orchid meadow. Unfortunately, none of the traps had caught anything other than a slug!
Friends of Adel Woods 