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Over 16 years and sufficiently mobile? Then bring a packed lunch and enjoy a day working out in the open countryside in good company, and giving something back. We meet on the second Tuesday of the month for 9:30 and aim to clear up and finish the day's task by 15:00. The meeting point changes between the lane leading to Mount Fancy Farm or Underhill Lane (worst road now repaired and driveable - with care) leading to Shutes Farmhouse, depending on where the task is located in the reserve. There is of course no toilet or running water provision on site but nature can provide many opportunities if the need arises.
No prior experience or skills required. Simple hand tools will be provided and guidance given as appropriate. The tasks are varied, depending on the habitat, season and weather. The ground is rough, uneven and there are always soft wet areas around, so stout footwear and waterproofs are essential.
No prior experience or skills required. Simple hand tools will be provided and guidance given as appropriate. The tasks are varied, depending on the habitat, season and weather. The ground is rough, uneven and there are always soft wet areas around, so stout footwear and waterproofs are essential.
Task Day 004 will be 10th October with access from Underhill Lane. Take the lane opposite the Greyhound Pub then bear left after 200M and follow to the very top. Parking will be in Shute Farmhouse where we will be there to greet you for 9:30. The task this time is to clear the ground of bramble and sapling regrowth. Mainly loppers or some slasher/scythe work. It is in a hazel coppice area, so we will cut back any birch but leave to hazel stools, protecting them with twig pyramids. It should be any easy day, but rewarding if we can keep this special area open. .
Task Day 003 will be 12th September and will be further bracken management, but now the second young growth so it should be an easy task. If time allows and you are up for it there will still be plenty of old bracken left to cut and rake!
Access will be from Parsonage Lane, the very next crossroad on from Staple Fitzpaine (arriving from Taunton direction), easily missed. Follow this to the very end, do not take the left fork. I will meet you at the farmhouse, W3W:What3Words: ///spill.ruler.clays) and show you where to park.
This is an easy task day so do come along and see how you get on!
Access will be from Parsonage Lane, the very next crossroad on from Staple Fitzpaine (arriving from Taunton direction), easily missed. Follow this to the very end, do not take the left fork. I will meet you at the farmhouse, W3W:What3Words: ///spill.ruler.clays) and show you where to park.
This is an easy task day so do come along and see how you get on!
Task Day 002 will be 8th August and it is now confirmed that there will be further bracken management of cutting and raking. Access to the Reserve will be from Shutes Farmhouse, Underhill Lane, Staple Fitzpaine (W3W: lower.lighters.origin). We will meet up at the farmhouse for 9:30 as usual. Just a few extra hands doing easy simple tasks would make so much difference. Do come along and give it a tryout.
For our first Task Day we will meet up for 9:30 at Shutes Farmhouse, the far end of Underhill Lane. Go to the crossroads in Staple Fitzpaine, then take the lane directly opposite to the Greyhound, branching left within a couple of hundred yards, follow it all the way to the very end. This used to be the worst road in Somerset, but temporary repairs have now been carried out and it now drivable. I look forward to seeing you there.
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If you have not attended before, for insurance reasons, please do fill out the application form with those simple basic details.
To ensure there are tools for you and to enable us to plan out the task do please EMail me at tonybcwarden@gmail.com and let us know that you plan to attend.
To ensure there are tools for you and to enable us to plan out the task do please EMail me at tonybcwarden@gmail.com and let us know that you plan to attend.
