Winter opening

What a difference a day makes! After yesterday's  constant rain, today it has  been dry from the off, and was even sunny most of  the morning. We had postponed our work party session on the wildlife area, from yesterday to today, when we saw the weather forecast a few days ago.  This morning, there were ten  of us hard at work  coppicing the overgrown  hazel trees, and cutting the wood into manageable  pieces to use as beanpoles, fuel  for log burners, and  for a bonfire on site. We hope the coppicing will  let in more light, and  we'll get a better  understorey of plants developing. The main shows the coppiced area and the extra shows our huge pile of cuttings ready for a bonfire in a couple of  weeks time.