Harder than the rest

 

Philip and Jess

In a fit of unquestionable bloodymindedness we planted 481 hedge plants this morning. In truly atrocious weather. We were all wet cold and tired by the end, and there moments of mild temper frayedness. But also triumph! We are truly "harder than the rest".

We were; myself, Philip, Jess, Dianne, Peter, Ben, Geoff, Dan, Dave, Stephen and Matthew.

https://youtu.be/5Ro96tZ1Hr0?si=Fva9epe5AJmpjRG5

Girls on film

Dan and Philip in the weeds

First day of planting of the season, and it was a day of proper old school tree planting at Rochdale Road, above Slawit. 

We were: Dave, Geoff, Peter, Hap, Stephen, Alastair, Dan, Jess, Dianne, Tanya, Sam, Tol, and Matthew. I was there very briefly, but had a family gathering to attend.

45 eared willow, 105 downy birch, and 100 sessile oak were planted.

Geoff and his monstrous rig.

Geoff did some filming for a training video. So cue some nostalgia.

Girls on film (was going to use the original video, but it looked a bit dodgy to modern eyes)

Sunshine after the rain

No autographs!

Up to Scammonden for guard removal and retrieval.We were; Geoff (see above), Tanya, Jim, Dave, Cath, Dan, Jess, Dianne, Hap, Philip H. and myself. Hap brought cake! It rained, then the sun shone.

https://youtu.be/4y5TOVldgkQ?si=YBys6Cmmwiy1wSjy

For the record, Geoff, Cath, Jess, Dianne, Dave, Jim, Dan, Hap, Philip H. and Stephen went to Scammonden yesterday for guard clearing. We did quite a bit and finished off that top area including bringing some old guard piles off site, and some stake recovery.