A fine morning and nine of us met at 10 am at the Slabbering Baby entrance to the woods on Buckstone Road.
We had two aims this morning: to pick up litter and to clear holly and fallen branches from the paths running alongside Adel Beck.
Litterpicking
Two of our team chose to pick up litter.
They made their way up to the King Lane carpark and then along Crag Lane to the Stairfoot Lane carpark.
Whilst the main paths and public carparks were virtually litter free, they gathered two very full bags, most of the litter coming from around the rugby car park and the edges of the cricket ground. There was very little litter by Adel Crag but plenty of tiny pieces of glass which were hard to see and hard to pick up.
They finished at 11.50 am.
Path clearing
The other seven of us walked down to Adel Pond and then along the path which runs from there alongside the beck. We cleared a number of fallen branches from that path.
We then climbed the steps to the Stairfoot Lane carpark. Just short of the top the branches of a fallen tree obstruct the entrance to a path to the right. We cleared these branches to make the path more accessible.
Finally we made our way back along Crag Lane and back to Buckstone Road, stopping briefly to cut back holly on the path heading northwards along the side of the disused rugby ground.
Another enjoyable morning!
Join Friends of Adel Woods!
We hope that you have enjoyed reading about our activities and would be delighted if you would like to join us.
Friends of Adel Woods were formed in 2009 to help maintain Adel Woods and encourage people to enjoy them. We meet one weekend morning a month to carry out various jobs or ”work parties”, and we also put on educational events such as bat walks, fungal forays and birdsong walks.
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, keep an eye on our Home Page. We are putting on a Fungal Foray on the 5th October with local expert naturalist, Steve Joul. Places are limited and it is essential to book. If there is sufficient demand we will put on another foray at the end of October.
You don’t need to book to come along to one of our work “parties”: just come along. Our next work party is on Sunday the 19th October 2025 when we will be litterpicking and working with our local ranger on Adel Pond.
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