The scene that met us on arrival in the car park.
Sheltering behind the cars...
Work gets underway.
What an amazing way to clear the "arisings".!
The more we cleared then the higher we had to climb.
Tea break with a rather dramatic back drop.
One very good point about going along to GG sessions is that you will always learn something. What did we learn today...? Well, when you have a weather warning as shown below....
AND the name of the venue is...Windy Corner....then find a good excuse not to attend..! As with most new GG venues, everyone wanted to come along and see what it was like, so the car park soon filled up. Having to get changed in a howling gale was "interesting" then it was time to shelter behind the cars and await the arrival of the National Trust wardens who were our 'employers" for the day. Albeit a bit late, they arrived with some impressive machinery (see the tractor photos above) and we were tasked to remove all the scrub from a rather steep section of hillside. Everyone was soon hacking away at the bramble and blackthorn, the really good bit being that you only had to throw it down the hillside when it was easily removed by the tractor with it's front loading grabber. Throwing the cut items proved a bit problematic as the wind often blew it exactly where you didn't want it to go...! Come tea break, we had made excellent progress and if anyone managed to remember to take a photograph at the end of play, please let me have it for inclusion.
In spite of the wind, everyone seemed to enjoy working at the new venue, certainly the approach road and scenery from the carpark was well worth the effort to attend.
Oh..we also learnt another lesson... a tractor with a grab bucket is a great way to remove cut material, so please can you add one to your "wish list" Mark..!
Several people were asking about the "road to nowhere" so you might be interested in the following links....
There are loads more sites on the net as many people have photographed this area over the years..!
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