Cambridge National Trust Volunteers

Diary page 25 of 25: September – October 2023 [older]

These occasional descriptions of our projects show the kinds of things we do as a group. You might also like to look at our related photo album on Flickr and our more frequently updated feeds on Twitter and Facebook.

We have information about volunteering tasks that took place over the following periods:

Painting a barn at Wimpole Farm — 8th October 2023

Tom H. writes: We had nine volunteers continuing to scrape and brush off the old paint before repainting the inside of the picnic barn. We finished by 15:30 as we had run out of paint. A third task will be required to complete painting the wood work and low lying boards. The Farm was very busy as it was a particularly warm October day.

Photo - Starting to scrape and brush the inside of the picnic barn Photo - Starting to scrape and brush the inside of the picnic barn

Starting to scrape and brush the inside of the picnic barn [1, 2]

Photo - After painting the inside of the picnic barn Photo - After painting the inside of the picnic barn

After painting the inside of the picnic barn [1, 2] (All photos: Tom H.)

Raking up grass at Wimpole — 10th September 2023

We were raking up grass in an orchard at Cobbs Wood today at Wimpole. It was the hottest day of the year so we agreed to start early at 9.30 and cleared everything that Stuart (Head Countryside ranger) had cut by lunchtime. When I got into the car to go home it said 41 degrees!
Photo - Raking up grass Photo - Raking up grass

Raking up grass [1, 2] (Photos: Val W.)