A photographic diary of our volunteering work
Simon Damant asked us to fill up two trailers with old fence posts that had been dumped in the farm away from the house and grounds. He was taking to wood to an incinerator to start clearing the large pile of old fence posts that exists.
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(Photos: Tom) Sorting out fence posts with Simon. Left: Vicky passing Clare a wooden post to be stacked in the large trailer. Note the untidy pile of wood behind Vicky. Right: At the end of the day, Simon behind a tidy section of the wood pile.
Once the trailers were full, we started to lay the wood in an orderly pile on the ground, ready to fill another trailer. Although the weather forecast was heavy rain, we started work after the showers had passed and the afternoon turned into a lovely day.
Andy Taylor has more photos.
We erected tree guards (photos: Peter).
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We cut back hedges and a few branches, including this big one! (photo: Peter)
The CNTV volunteers worked with Warden Iwan, spreading bark chippings on pathways.
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(Photos: Peter) Left: Spreading bark chippings. Right: CNTV volunteers at rest after a hard days work.
Clearing brambles along the old lime quarry tramways. These will eventually be opened to the public as paths.
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(Photos: Roger) Left: restoration work on old tramway tunnels. Right: bramble clearing on tramway.
Andy Taylor has kindly provided more weekend photos.
The tramways themselves date back to the late 1700s, before the era of steam when lime trucks would be pulled by ponies or man-power. Further information about the quarry history and some history of the tramway are available. The site known as Ticknell's Yard is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
Tree clearing in the Pleasure Grounds - click here for photos [Andy Taylor]
Path clearing - click here for photos [Andy Taylor]
Helping with the Anglesey wartime themed "Anglesey's Finest Hour" event.
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(Photos: Val) Left: Dad's Army Home Guard drill. Right: Jo and Betty help visitors with model plane making
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(Photos: Val) Left: CNTV team. Right: 'ello 'ello, what do we 'ave 'ere then?
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