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| Ben and Geoff looking damp, but undiminished. |
Continual heavy rain, wind and cold made it a gruelling morning for the
three of us - me, Ben and Peter. But we got on with the task and
planted, staked and guarded 50 quick-growing and hardy Italian alder
trees to help with the slow growth of the trees planted on the site a
few years ago. We enjoyed a brief break in the driving rain to eat some
lovely cake (we could not identify it specifically but the general
feeling was that it was a classic, almost like Plato's 'perfect cake').
Peter had to leave not long after the break leaving me and Ben to finish
off. Two and a half hours or so later and the damp had well and truly
seeped through but the work was done and the warmth of the Sair fire and
a pint was very welcome.
Geoff
PS Simon, Guy and Philip were at the nursery, bagging logs and talking to a reporter from the Huddersfield Examiner. Many more people turned up for the mid-season meeting at 1pm in the Sair.
PPS Duncan and Harvey were at Merrydale, doing formative pruning?
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| Harvey, heroic wilderness hound. |
