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| Willow blocking main track down to water meadows |
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| Track cleared, Mike 'pruning' further down track |
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| Tractor trailer filling up with brash |
Misty start to the day at Sherborne where I discovered Anna hard at work in the workshop on a developing 'cottage industry' making bird boxes. Task for the morning was to clear a fallen willow down in the water meadows and this needed Mike +tractor and James with myself to hopefully clear the willow by lunch time. Pole saw, chainsaw and 'Silki' saw were all needed to reduce the willow to manageable parts for placing in the tractor trailer. As the willow was gradually reduced to its component parts Mike left us, armed with the pole saw, to wander further down the track to begin cutting back other willow tree branches potentially threatening to block the track in the future. This led to more brash piles and work so by lunch although we had cleared the fallen willow more work would be needed in the afternoon to clear the extra brash piles. The weather certainly improved during the morning session to remind us all what a great spot on the estate this was inspite of the fact the wildlife was conspicuous by its absence.
Good reminder from Martin Harper on the
sensible approach to 'managing' the land wrt to high rainfall and downstream water levels.
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