Clearly we have been depriving our friends this year in the Green Gym department - 7 turned up!
We had hired the chipper again and worked our way through mountains of brash from the Top Strip and then tackled moving another pile from the wetland so that too could be chipped. Barry brought his Groundhog and the combination of human effort and ingenuity, and machinery, was brilliantly effective. There was even time to delight in a Comma butterfly in the Scrub. Clare likes to think that her coconut and blackberry squares added to the energy and success of the day.
Part of the brash mountain
Barry apparently climbing into or emerging from a brash mountain
Breaks are allowed - Tim seems to be recommending the coconut and blackberry squares. Clare is guarding them at her feet.
More evidence of permitted breaks. Note that the ground is preferred over chairs. Or upturned waste paper bins.
Enjoying the view? Pointing out yet more brash that needs chipping?
Eventually John orders people back to work...
...and we all obey
Back to work and tackling the problem of moving a pile of brash with the Groundhog
Men and woman v Groundhog
Mel practising for his part as Good King Wenceslas in the Christmas play
Jane texting Clare for another coconut and blackberry square