We often take our friends for a walk from Nettlebed to the best bluebell wood in the area, but today I had the great pleasure of helping to tend it. The bluebells were already starting to flower and there were wood anemones out too. We were celebrating GG’s 17th birthday in suitable fashion by holly “bashing”, which means lopping, sawing and stacking. Prizes should have been awarded to all those, like Barry, who managed to get out the whole plant complete with roots. Tony Chandler set the example by creating a wonderful hedge of the lopped holly branches and even joked that we should be clipping it. There were about 14 of us including, Nick Odell all the way from Dorset. Yummy bread pudding from Diane sustained us during the second half of the morning. Thank you to all leaders for such a lovely morning.
Susan 20/4/2015.
