A beautiful weekend and six of us met this morning to pick up litter and clear paths.
We met in the Stairfoot Lane carpark at 10 am, and two of us chose to pick up litter and the rest of us to clear paths.
The litter pickers picked up litter on the main paths, the Village Green, around Adel (or, if you prefer Alwoodley) Crag – where there were a lot of small pieces of glass – and around the picnic tables. They also pulled up some bracken and Himalayan balsam. They found that there was much less litter than normal, and judging by the purple bags left by the bin on the Village Green, this was probably because another group had recently been out litterpicking.
We path clearers made our way to the picnic area and cleared vegetation back from the left hand path which leads down from the picnic area to the Meanwood Valley Trail.
This field used to be regularly cut as a hay field, but since the practice stopped in the 1980’s, the brambles, nettles and bracken have dominated the grasses and regularly engulf the footpath.
Having widened that path, we made our way back to the picnic area and set off down the path indicated by the fingerpost next to the picnic bench. Our objective was to widen the path, but part way down we found a tree had fallen across the path, obstructing the way. Unfortunately, the tree was too big for us to clear away but we cleared around it so that people could use the path.
After that three of us continued down the path and did further path clearing work.
Another enjoyable and successful morning in Adel Woods!
Friends of Adel Woods 