Guelder Rose and Old Man's Beard

  Oliver's Battery Countryside Group

Probably the Best Countryside Group in Oliver's Battery  


Conservation Area Mowing June 2008

Our early cut happened rather later than intended, on 20th June.

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The path, bench and many of the smaller trees almost lost in the tall grass.


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Too much bover for a hover. Ben Spraggens again provided his specialised mowing machine and skills as a volunteer.

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The first cut is the deepest.

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Mowing took a little under an hour, with the team raking furiously to keep the way clear for the next run.

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Knew there was a bench there somewhere. A hard morning's work was rounded off by changing Ben's tyre, ripped on the drop-down bollards in the car park.
Photographs
Peter Land