Several willows had been pollarded before our October session at Cleeve Water Meadow, leaving branches in heaps for us to process. We removed the thin material, piling up the heavier branches ready for log burning and the narrower straight poles for future hedging, and carried the brash to the bonfire. Charlotte’s Victoria sponge and rock cakes and Diane’s sticky fruit cake for coffee break, with home-grown grapes and pears as a bonus.
Julia, 20/10/2015
