Tuesday 16 January 2007
Michael, Peter & Carolyn did a litter pick and moved logs and branches
Thursday 18 January 2007
High winds – 3 large trees, some smaller ones on the Hill Lane bank plus lots of branches brought down by winds. Also, on the other side of Lion Brow, 4 conifers brought down plus 2 snapped off.
No work for health and safety issues
Tuesday 24 January 2007
Keith & Michael used chainsaws on the felled trees to make them safer and movable
Thursday 25 January 2007
Sean, Michael, Keith, Peter, Carolyn
Chain sawing broken trees, moving logs and branches
Wednesday 31 January 2007
Keith & Michael used chainsaws on the felled trees to make them safer and movable
Thursday 1 February 2007
Michael, Keith, Peter, Carolyn
Used chainsaws on the felled trees to make them safer and movable
Bonfire near to Lion Brow with jacket potatoes made in the fire and the kettle boiled on the stove
Thursday 8 February 2007
Bonfire near to the central crypt – Carolyn got the fire going without paraffin
Keith & Michael used chainsaws on the felled trees to make them safer and movable
Wednesday 14 February 2007
Sean used chainsaw to cut up more of the felled trees.
Carolyn, Peter, Michael burned branches (burn site between sections K & H) and shifted some logs to stacks near Lion Brow
Thursday 8 March 2007
Keith chainsaw to cut up more of the felled trees.
Carolyn, Peter, Michael worked on a bonfire between sections I & M
Thursday 22 March 2007
Morning – Carolyn & Michael did “tidying up” jobs:-
Cleared site for next burn
Moved and stacked brushwood
Collected litter from the bank near to the vicarage fence
Wednesday 28 March 2007
Michael shifted logs (from largest tree felled on 18 January) to stacks on Lion Brow
Thursday 5 April 2007
Peter, Michael, Ainsley & Lewis moved and stacked logs and brushwood
Wednesday 11 April 2007
Peter, Keith, Carolyn, Michael, Ainsley, Lewis
- Bonfire at the site nearest the vicarage
- Splitting large logs from trunks of trees felled on 18 January so that they can be moved
- Further cutting of the remaining stump from 18 January
- Carolyn’s birthday party in the churchyard – Jack, Robert, Julie & Hilary came to join us for jacket potatoes, beans, cheese, tea, Geo bars & birthday cake made by Jack
Thursday 26 April 2007
Keith & Michael did more cutting up of stumps of the large trees felled on 18 January, stacking some pieces and reducing others to 14 bags of firewood
Peter and Carolyn gathered and stacked brushwood for the next bonfire, cleared ivy from headstones and gathered rubbish and litter
Wednesday 6 June 2007
Michael sprayed herbicide on all paths (5 x 10 litres of Roundup Pro Green)
Thursday 5 July 2007
Replacement brush cutter given to us by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (Husquarna R250)
Monday 20 August 2007
Probation Service worked in upper churchyard
Monday 22 August 2007
Probation Service worked in upper churchyard (complaint about bonfire)
Tuesday 25 September 2007
Michael sprayed 2 x 10 litres of weedkiller on all Japanese knotweed (approximately 100 clumps with about 30% in flower)
Friday 12 October 2007
Michael – strimming
Carolyn – recording details of graves in section M
Peter – lopping & clearing
Thursday 18 October 2007
Michael – strimming
Carolyn, Peter & Keith – lopping & clearing
