Today we had a reasonable turn-out again. We climbed the hill in a brisk easterly wind, which was particularly noticeable when working in the north-east corner. The main task was…

Summary Today the weather was very mild, although at times we had to contend with a strong westerly wind. We started in the north-west corner (zone 1) and felled 2…

Summary This work party replaced the December work party, cancelled because of snow. In descent weather we trudged up the hill with about 25 donated whips to plant and the…

Summary Cold weather with a bit of light rain at times failed to deter us. Our main task was to plant whips donated by TCV – a total of 100…

Summary  The strong westerly today was not a problem, since we worked mainly on the north-eastern side of the wood (zone 2) doing path edging. However, we did have to…

Summary Today was the first work party of the autumn season, during which priority is to be given to path edging around the north-eastern corner (zone 2). The path has…

Summary Rain the previous few days had softened the paths slightly, so we took the opportunity to spread stones from our supply along some of the muddier stretches of the…

Summary Once again pleasant conditions. The main task was trimming encroaching vegetation from the sides of some of the paths. For this purpose we were pleased to have the loan…

A relative of one of the members of the friends of Sharphill Wood did some filming last  October of a work party  and has uploaded this video on youtube to…