A pleasant and dry morning, and nine of us gathered by the cricket pavilion at 10 am for a morning of sprucing up the woods by picking up litter and clearing paths. Three of us chose to litterpick and the rest of us to clear paths.
Path clearing
The path clearers started with the “diagonal” path leading from Crag Lane into and westwards through the Plantation. This was fairly clear as we did some work on this path in February. Nevertheless we found a couple of branches to remove and plenty of holly to cut back.
We then worked on the path from the plantation down to Crag Lane alongside the disused rugby field. We spent about an hour on this path cutting back holly and pulling up brambles in order to widen the path.
Due to other commitments, we finished work at 11.45 but we still achieved a lot this morning – as well as enjoying pleasant company and interesting conversation.
One of our litterpicking team joined us for the last half hour or so.
Litterpicking
Our litterpicking team walked up to Crag Lane and then turned right to go up the path alongside the disused rugby field. They then made their way to the Hospice Woodland, turned left down to the Stairfoot Lane carpark and returned to the cricket pavilion via Crag Lane. They picked up a bag of rubbish – a lot of it being full dog poo bags 🤢🤢.
About 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.
You don’t need to book to come along to one of our work “parties”: just come along!
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