Today was a second go at working on Adel Bog, after we were rained off last Sunday.
As with last Sunday, six of us turned up today despite reasonably heavy rain and a dire forecast of rain all day. The difference was that today, we all agreed that we would go for it.
In the last two or three years, we have left Adel Bog to itself while we have concentrated on Adel Moor – and there has been a lot of incursion of brambles and saplings in that time. The area to the right of the picture above was all clear a few years ago.
Sure enough, it rained all morning, but the rain is manna from heaven for the bog which has been rather dry over the last couple of years. There were plenty of pools of water to be seen today.
And there were plenty of beautiful plants to be seen – like Bog Asphodel and Scabious.
Our main objective today was to clear brambles – which were extremely prolific and tangled – but we worked through heavy rain until midday and managed to clear large areas, though there is still a great deal to do.
The area where our Friends are standing was covered in brambles at the start of the morning.
Likewise, the area where we are standing and the area behind was all brambles and saplings two hours earlier!
Friends of Adel Woods 