Eye of newt....

Lodge front door, with steps, fortunately opened for the wood!

Lodge pond plus Newts

A varied morning, centred on wood supplies, was spent at Sherborne today. Initially James on chainsaw and me on axe to produce a good half load of wood for delivery to Lodge park. While we set to on this task in the nursery Mike raided the wood store with the tractor & bucket to deliver wood to the nursery garden.

Whilst James and I delivered our wood load to Lodge Park Mike set off to Snowbottom belt to start collecting cordwood for loading into the tractor trailer. At Lodge Park we unloaded the wood, using a wheelbarrow, into the 'large cauldron' [no frogs or witches present], large fireplace and video room inside the Lodge. This should keep the fires going for the wedding event to be held this coming weekend at the Lodge. As we exited Lodge Park , on our way to meet up with Mike at Snowbotton belt,  James had a surprise for me at the Lodge pond. He was able to introduce me to this years newts plus waterboat men which seem to be doing fine again in this oft overlooked pond habitat within the Sherborne estate. We finally met up with Mike where we helped him to fully load the factory trailer with well seasoned cordwood produced in the previous winter season. No wildlife sightings or conservation duties but still a worthwhile mornings work for all.