Another lovely day in Adel Woods! Our objective today was to clear brambles from trees in the Hospice Woodland.
If you don’t know where the Hospice Woodland is, it is to the north of, and uphill from, Adel Crag. If you are going along Stairfoot Lane from King Lane towards Adel, there is a sharp double bend turning left then right before the road leads down to the Stairfoot Lane carpark. Just off the right hand bend, there is a stone block marking the entrance to the Hospice Woodland.
We met in the Stairfoot Lane carpark, and made our way up to the Hospice Woodland. On our way up we cleared holly which was encroaching onto the path.
As soon as we arrived at the Hospice Wood, we found that the recent high winds had blown a number of trees over, including a silver birch lying across the main path. We set to and we soon had the path cleared.
Having removed the fallen tree, we tidied up the Hospice Woodland itself – removing brambles which were growing over the trees, and also removing branches which had fallen off the trees.
At noon we made our way back to the car park and cleared more of the holly from the footpath.
All in all a very enjoyable morning’s work. If you would like to join in our activities, please contact our chair, Roger Gilbert, by completing the form below. We are a very friendly and happy group.
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