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As an independent volunteer group, Cambridge National Trust Volunteers (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 are some upcoming projects – why not join us?
Here's a time-lapse video of some work we did recently building a fence at Wimpole Farm (video / photos: Paul H.)
We re-covered a temporary track we had created on a previous task using bark chippings. That job complete, we trimmed the hedge at the edge of the site.
Before the work, digging the chippings ready for laying, and after we had finished (left photo: Mark T.; other photos: Tom H.)
A task involving the creation of a fence (with a bit of help from a big digger!)
Line of the fence; Getting everything put together; Heavy machinery (photos: Paul H.)
A forestry task at Melford Hall, a 16th Century moated property we don't visit too often, but where we have previously cleared the moat. This time, we thinned trees in the Long Plantation and put the cuttings on a bonfire.
Woods needing thinning (photo: Paul H.); Kyle cutting trees back; Janet feeding the bonfire (photos: Andy T)
These diaries cover other work that we do – such as helping at the recent “Wimpole’s Finest Hour” event.
Our Flickr site has many more pictures; why not take a visit?
If you have enjoyed reading our pages, you might like to look at our links to sites external to CNTV.
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