Today, despite a further month of seemingly daily (or nightly) rainfall since our last event, Spring seemed to be almost here. It was a mild, dry day and the sun actually came out at midday!
This morning’s activities were litterpicking and path clearing. We met in the Stairfoot Lane carpark at 9.55 am and although we had a slow start, in the end thirteen Friends turned up – five litterpicking and eight working on clearing paths. And it was really great that we had three first-timer Friends, two of whom were young people!
The path clearers made our way to the picnic area near Adel Crag and trimmed back holly which was narrowing the entrance to the Meanwood Valley Trail and then made our way down the trail.
About fifty yards down the trail, a large birch tree had fallen across the path. It was too big for FOAW to deal with, but three of us removed branches which obstructed the path and trimmed back some of the branches from the “top” of the tree to reduce the weight pushing the trunk towards the ground.
We have notified Leeds CC’s forestry department about the tree trunk.
After working on the tree, we joined five other members of our team who were pruning back holly further down the Meanwood Valley Trail.
We don’t have any photographs of the litterpickers, but between them they picked up three bags of rubbish which was a great achievement.
A big thank you to all who took part today and helped to look after our woods.
About Friends of Adel Woods
Friends of Adel Woods were formed in 2009 to help maintain Adel Woods and encourage people to enjoy them. We meet one morning a month to carry out various jobs or ”work parties”, and we also put on educational events. We are a very friendly group and welcome new members who want to help preserve our special woods, enjoy fresh air and exercise in the woods and make new friends. If you would like to take part in our activities, just come along to one of our work parties or get in touch by leaving a comment on this website.
Our next events
Our next work party will be on Sunday the 21st April when we will be litterpicking and working on Adel Moor from 10 am to 12 noon.
On Sunday the 5th May, our committee member and expert naturalist, Steve Joul, will be leading a birdsong walk – from 7 am to 9 am.
Further details are given on our homepage and will be sent out via our mailing list.
Friends of Adel Woods 