French disko

Me and Philip looking for a spade.

Last go round at Pule Hill, helping the National Trust

We were; myself, Philip B., Dave, Geoff, Sophie, Cath, Tanya, Hap, Ben, Peter, Jim, Paul, Dianne, and Philip H.

There was also Jess and Cat from National Trust, with about 20 of their volunteers.

450 trees got planted, in dreek, foggy weather, with snow on the ground.

Some Stereolab, just because.

Paul in foreground

Frozen warnings

Me waving, Dianne working.

Third week assisting the National Trust at Pule Hill. Cold but bright.

We were: myself, Philip B., Philip H., Elliot, Geoff, Hap, Ben, Michael H., Tanya, Cath, Jon, Tess, Jess, Dianne, Paul, Peter, and special guest, Guy.

Plus, Jess and Cat from NT, and about 15 Scouts.

Approx 350 trees planted in total.

A song for Dave (who was poorly this week)

Back to Pule Hill for our second week helping the National Trust.

We were: myself, Elliot, Hannah-May, Jess, Cath, Tanya, Geoff, Dave, Richard, Michael T., Paul, Jon, Sophie,  Matthew, Peter, and Jim.

We were helping NT folk Jess and Cat, with their own crew of a similar number of volunteers.

Together we planted 305 trees.

Ei niin kovin suuri city (Not so big city)

Geoff, embodying the Finnish quality of sisu.
(stoic determination, tenacity of purpose, grit, bravery, resilience, and hardiness)

Today we were on Pule Hill, the first of our sessions contributing to National Trusts major project of clough woodland planting.

We were: myself, Philip B., John, Tanya, Philip H., Cath, Geoff, Dave, Jim, Michael H., Richard, Dianne, and Matthew. Plus, of course Ian, Cat and Jess from National Trust, and 12 or so of their volunteers.

We planted approx 300 trees.

Great photo by Tanya.

More marvellous Finnish introspection.