Its a classic!

Needs a bit of work, but a classic

Normal service resumed at Sherborne today but a new location for me for the days work at Windrush Camp. I followed Mike, driving the tractor with bucket, with the 4x4 with trailer and having reached the work site it was pretty clear what faced us. The contractors had completed their major thinning of this area but left a good deal of clearing up behind, which the tenant farmer was anxious to be addressed. Some interesting history in this area with the remains of the World War II military site plus adjacent to the farm buildings an iron age fort. However back to the work which had me shrub clearing mainly elder too close to the camp buildings and boundary wall plus moving a number of brash piles to enable Mike with tractor to move them to a better location. The morning shot by, but the first phase of clearing had progressed well.

As usual I wandered down to the Broadwater for lunch and was surprised by the lack of waterbirds. I'd forgotten that the wigeon had left {except for a single pair} for their summer home in Scandinavia. Our resident swans were down by the boat house and looking after their nest, the tufted ducks and mallards were still present plus a pair of canada geese but the new pair of swans appeared to have left their nesting site which had probably been disturbed by a predator.

Returned to Windrush Camp in the afternoon to complete the clearing where we managed to fill the trailer with some decent cord wood, finished the shrub clearance and cleared more of the access tracks. Hopefully the farmer will be pleased with the overall result. Even more exciting was discovering a classic morris minor hidden behind the old camp buildings.