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As an independent volunteer group, CNTV actively support the National Trust by giving up time to help preserve and maintain their properties. We typically work on Sundays, but also carry out longer weekend tasks during the year.
Our work includes such outdoor tasks as clearing scrub, gardening, laying hedges and footpath maintenance. We also help steward events at NT properties and organise a variety of social events. Here’s a video of some work we did last year laying paths at Anglesey Abbey, one of the local properties. (There are photos from this task in the Volunteering Diary.)
(Lop writes:) Six intrepid CNTV members braved the M25 to stay at the Octavia Hill Basecamp at Toys Hill near Sevenoaks in Kent over the weekend of 9 - 11 July 2010.
Over the weekend, we carried out tasks on the Trust's North Kent Open Spaces Estate. On the Saturday, we enjoyed discovering wasp nests while weeding along a newly planted hedge followed by a relaxing session of shed painting. On the Sunday we worked in the grounds of Knowle House, removing and replacing a section of fencing. (Photos to follow.)
(Lop writes:) On the night of Saturday 26 June, Anglesey Abbey held their annual Moonlight and Moths night where families came and camped overnight and got close up and personal with the fluttery creatures of the night.
During the evening, moth traps were set up at various locations around the grounds and experts were on hand to identify the different species of moth caught.
We were there to assist with the event; directing the families to the camp site, setting up and manning the refreshment tent and ensuring no one got stuck in the portaloos or got lost in the dark. On the Sunday morning we helped with the breakfasts and finally, ensured the remaining trapped moths were liberated.
At the “Moonlight and Moths” weekend (Photos: Lop E.)
Andy Taylor has more pictures.
To celebrate Alison’s 25th anniversary of joining the group, we went for a walk at Sheringham Park in north Norfolk, visiting Cromer in the afternoon (Tom H. has taken a few pictures of this). Our walk took in the gardens with their seas of rhododendrons and viewing towers, as well as the Poppy Line’s station at Sheringham.
Meeting for the start of the walk (Left photo: Tom H.; Right photo: Mark T.)
Left: Some of the flowers at Sheringham (Photo: Val W.); Right: A group of us at the top of the gazebo, a tower giving panoramic views of the park (Photo: Alison B.)
The Poppy Line at Sheringham, which we visited on our trip; locomotive 69621 is described on the M&GN Railway site. (Left photo: Val W.; Right photo: Tom H.)
We cleared brambles and scrub from ditches beside a ride which runs through the forest, having walked through a sea of buttercups to get there. This effort is a small help towards preserving a landscape which has remained relatively unchanged for centuries. CNTV visited the Forest before in 2009; here’s a photo from that work.
After we had cut some of the undergrowth (Photos: Paul H.)
We worked in two groups, building a path and planting in the gardens, which was continuing its tradition of rather realistic scarecrows. Thanks to Paul H. for all of the following photos:
Top: Building the path; Bottom: Working in the gardens (Photos: Paul H.)
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