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| Dan leads the climb |
In one sense this morning was less than optimal, in another it was glorious.
Ice and snow had us down to a team of 9, and it was a long slog up snowy fields to get where we needed to be, but we got 250 plants in, and the view (though very, very, bright) was stunning. All things considered, highly satisfactory.
We were; myself, Philip B., Dave, Geoff, Hap, Stephen, Paul, Alfie, and Dan.
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https://youtu.be/seTPc8pJIJg?si=ispy3sDLTi6qYauD
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| Dave's pride and joy |
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| Lovely pic by Tanya |
Back to Meal Hill. Despite a slightly reduced crew we managed another 500 plants easily.
We were; myself, Dave, Philip B., Jess, Cath, Ben, Tanya, Hap, Geoff, Stephen and Jon.
Weather was foggy, but dry.
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| Philip, Stephen and Hap. |
Back to Meal Hill. And another 500 plants went in on a morning of variable weather. Better than expected for a while, then hellish, then not so bad again. Hap brought extremely nice homemade bakewell tart and mince pies.
We were; myself, Sarah A., Cath, Jess, Dianne, Tanya, Hap, Dan, Ben, Stephen, Philip B., Philip H., Geoff, Jim, Tess, and Jon.
After work we retired to the Sair and were joined by John, Neil, and Peter. We ate Handmade bakery pasties and had a very nice time.
Happy holidays everyone!
The most Christmassy of (German) Christmas music
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| Future burger licks new hedge. |
Back to Meal Hill to do more hedging.
519 plants went in. We were; myself, Philip B., Philip H., Jess, Geoff, Dan, Hap, Dave, Stephen, Jim, Ben, Dianne, and Alastair.
For some of us the morning ended with the struggle to remove a henge worthy stone. Hence...
https://youtu.be/picVsVudTkQ?si=l9jhAD4TDqs0XOp3
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| Commanding presence. |
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| Mulch mats galore. |
Back to HD4 for some out of valley planting in collaboration with Kirklees
We were: myself, Philip H., Philip B., Geoff, Alastair, Dan, Stephen, Ben, Jon, Tess, Dave, plus 8 members of the public signed up by Kirklees.
We planted another 350 trees. Job done.
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| Philip briefs the group about the live wires. |
This week were in HD4! Outside of our literal comfort zone, but working with Kirklees on this project.
We planted 45 birch, 30 hawthorn, 20 blackthorn, 45 rowan, 60 hazel, 45 oak, and 5 elder. 250 total.
We were; myself, Philip B., Ben, Stephen, Alastair, Matthew, Geoff, Dave, Jon, Tess, Sam, Ptol, Cath, Jess, Philip H., Dan, and Hap.
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| Philip and Jess |
We were; myself, Philip, Jess, Dianne, Peter, Ben, Geoff, Dan, Dave, Stephen and Matthew.
https://youtu.be/5Ro96tZ1Hr0?si=Fva9epe5AJmpjRG5
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| Dan and Philip in the weeds |
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.
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| Geoff and his monstrous rig. |
Girls on film (was going to use the original video, but it looked a bit dodgy to modern eyes)
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| No autographs! |
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| Dan, Jim and me. |
High up above West Slaithwaite this morning, at Slacks, and Deep Gate. Straightening trees and collecting old guards again. We were; myself, Philip, Tanya, Dave (briefly), Geoff, Steve, Dan, Jim, Catherine, Tom, Hap, Matthew, and Paul.
https://youtu.be/jBaQOdsTAKo?si=nubSyEvXmilchXW9
Second week above Marsden, no alarms and no surprises, just lots of old plastic tubes removed, and few straightened. We were; myself, Jim, Catherine, Tanya, Geoff, Paul, Hap, Philip H, Dianne, and Dan.
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| Why do women carry things on their heads? |
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| We celebrate finishing |
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| Before |
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| After |
To Scammonden! To do some weeding of some White Rose Forest planted trees.
We were: myself, Philip, Dave, Geoff, Hap, and Tanya.
Tunnocks tea cakes were our reward, courtesy of Tanya.
Blindin' tune for this event
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| Hap, Dave, Philip |
Back to Eastergate to save more small trees from tall bracken. We were; myself, Philip, Dave, Geoff, Hap, Paul, Dan, and Tanya.
Hap brought a luxurious chocolate cake.
Lots of talk about the election, and our workload.
