Saturday 17th October 2026

We had a team of 11 out today: Alex, Andy, Sally, Paul, Chris, Ian, Lawrence, Dave Brown and Brummie Dave.  The team also welcomed Sue and Rhianon as new members.  We continued along the Cotswold side of the embankment at Mrs Ts clearing out some bigger trees.

They made great progress and cleared about 30 metres of the bank.  Here the embankment is getting slightly shallower but it is still covered in dense growth so the method of clearance is to take out the lower part thus allowing the growth on the slope to be felled  without getting hung up on the surrounding trees.

Ian cleared all the growth around the large p

ear tree enabling it to be inspected for the best method of dealing with it.  It was decided that the tree should remain but it would benefit from having the one limb to be removed thus taking a lot of the weight out it.  Dave Brown  and Lawrence set about clearing the smaller growth and the dross was burnt on one of the two fires which we had.  

We had 3 ladies in the team who dealt with the one fire whilst Alex took control of the other  .This proved a very successful method with Chris dragging the cut material down from the bank.

Paul brushcut along the trackside and Andy cleared the growth to the North along the lower fence line.  We had a great day and it proved very successful  as we cleared up to the end of the paddock ready to repeat the procedure next week.

Brummie Dave


Comments

  1. St Blazey 1925October 22, 2026 at 12:46 AM

    Looks very neat and tidy. you all did a splendid job.
    Regards, Paul.

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