Author Archives: wimklaucke

A session at Withymead with various activities. Reinforcing a fence, removing some bramble from the parking space and removing grass from the lawn. The lawns are earmarked to give themselves (partially) up for wild flower meadows. Many a wheelbarrow with … Continue reading →

We had been asked by the National Trust and Oxon County Council to create a new footpath near the cricket green in Rotherfield Greys. The new path joins two existing public footpaths through woodland so that walkers no longer need … Continue reading →

The fire trailer was brought into use again at our October visit to Dunsden churchyard, where we produced a lot of cut material from several tasks: cutting back the car park hedge ready for laying next year; trimming the heavy … Continue reading →

The reed-bed at Cleeve Water Meadows had already been cut by machine when we arrived to rake the material into piles ready for burning on the bonfire. The machine couldn’t reach the borders of the ditch, so some of us … Continue reading →

Nuffield Place was buzzing with visitors on a sunny day in August when we set about creating a footpath in the woods. This was an area from which we had cleared holly back in 2006, and the airy beechwood is … Continue reading →

Instead of our scheduled visit to Withymead on 24th July we were summoned to Little Meadow for hay making by the Thames at Goring. Dot from Withymead cut the flower-filled grass with a mechanical mower while we raked the cuttings … Continue reading →

Vegetation in Cleeve Water Meadow has shot up, and our main task at the end of July was to clear away a metre each side of the fence line on the western side. Shears were the best tool for cutting … Continue reading →

The patches of heather at Burnt Platt were all but smothered by pine, birch and brambles when we arrived in late July, a small crew of 6. However we managed to reveal by the end of the session a decent … Continue reading →

9 of us started out on a steamy morning at Aston Rowant to work on step repair and continue restoring a fence. Hogweed was in full bloom in the fields and in the car park. At coffee break (fudge cake) … Continue reading →

Only 6 of us turned out today to continue the erection of a post-and-wire fence at the SE corner of Ipsden Wood. This was to replace a derelict boundary fence for the Forestry Commission, so part of the task was … Continue reading →