“On a rather wet morning, we gathered in Rocky Lane where the footpath enters the Greys Court land, ready to attack the spreading laurel problem. Hard hats were the order of the day due to the height that the branches had stretched. Many of the lower branches had bent over and re-rooted in the leaf litter. A prospective new member, Sheena, was welcomed as we were doing our warm-up exercises. There was plenty of work to keep us very well occupied whilst shielded from the worst of the rain by the dense leaf canopy, which is provided by these intrusive plants. By the end of the morning we had made good headway leaving the way for the NT to follow in with their chainsaws on a later occasion, as well as have the most enormous bonfire of all our prunings and sawings. As usual we were well sustained halfway through, this time by delicious marmalade cake and date slices with thanks to Diane.”
Susan, 8/5/2014
