Saturday 4th April 2026

Our team for today consisted of 6 members as we returned to Mrs Townsends for a final tidy up for this summer.  There was no cutting done as the designated task was to tidy up the site. It took 3 trips in the pick up to move all the logs off site and a vigorous raking of the heaped chippings  to make them safe from any internal combustion.  The majority of this material will be reused at the orchard on chicken curve to make the  environment into a natural habitation for wildlife.

Our contractors will now close the fence which will make the embankment inaccessible  from this side This is a great pity but at least it can be accessed over the track  thanks to the marvelous clearance done by the team and hopefully we can complete the clearance later in the year. 

We will start our summer activities hopefully next week on the same embankment but dealing with some potentially problematic trees on the up side.  The teams have done an impressive  clearance of this embankment but to quote one of our great  historians  "WE WIILL RETURN" and finish what we started.

Brummie Dave

Final state of Cotswold side




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  1. St Blazey 1925April 10, 2026 at 1:11 PM

    The quote is from Douglas McArthur I believe.
    Regards, Paul.

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