Terry's Photographs.
Above is the rather detailed plan of the work to be done,
below is what it looked like before we started.
The usual pre-session brief.
Tea and homemade cake...👍
There's always one sleeping on the job!
That's what you call a bay tree root..!
Job done....much tidier..!
A rather unusual task for the team today, roadside planters in Gurnard. As we were working adjacent to a busy road, the area was coned off, warning signs posted and GGmers issued with hi-vis jackets. Some of the shrubs just needed a jolly good prune but we were asked to try and dig out the roots of some rather overgrown bay trees....never an easy task as they tend to have roots that grow wide and deep! Although the weather was in the midst of another cold snap, the sun was out and once everyone got working then the cold was soon forgotten. The last but one photo above shows the trailer full to the top, an indication of just how much was removed.
Many thanks to Terry for taking the photographs and to the very kind lady who supplied the home made cake for our tea break 👏.
If all goes to plan then next Wednesday will be back out at West Wight.... continuing with the work started last session at Afton Marsh.
