Clean-Up Day 8th February 2025

A Cold Day in the Woodland

On a very cold day on Saturday 8th February once again 13 volunteers including a younger member from the local community in the Community woodland continued with the clean-up of the core paths and the large rhododendron ponticum at the southwestern corner of the woodland. Again, as with previous weeks, the volunteers split into two work groups. The first continued to reduce the size of the rhododendron ponticum, while the second group tidied up the brambles, gorse and beech trees at the sides of the core path leading to Dunglass road. Once again, the core path was cleared back about 2 metres so that it will be easier to scrape and reinstate the original path. With the help of a younger member of the community, a small oak tree was relocated to a safer area away from the core path.

 

Refreshments at the end of a morning’s work.

By the end of the morning, the volunteers made their way down to the open area at Birch drive for a well deserved cup of hot tea or coffee and hot rolls. The Maryburgh Community Woodland Group would once again like to thank all the volunteers who braved the cold weather to help with the tidy up.