Church yard gets a face lift

The annual cleaning up of the church yard took placed on Saturday 7 June from 10.30 to midday, with ten volunteers equipped with all manner of tools and machines.

As always, clearance is a matter of balance, and the policy is to make it possible for visitors to reach the graves, and to keep some areas tidy.  Yet at the same time there is a need for conservation of wildlife and plants by leaving wilder parts as they are.

Keeping the area around the wall of the church is especially important to prevent damp penetrating the building (see the first two photographs).

Sue Frost brought over coffee, tea and biscuits for a welcome break at 11.15, and it was getting on for midday when the final load was placed on Derek's tractor, and the team packed up.
 

Sheila Overall and Robert Stephenson clear an area round the church wall to help deter damp penetration

Sheila finishes off

 

Deborah and Chris take away a fallen branch.

Diane with a full load in the barrow on its way to Derek's trailer.

 

Colin, John, Deborah, Tim and Chris - coffee, tea, & biscuits from Sue.

Nearly the whole group

 

Derek's tractor and trailer, without which the clearing would have been impossible.

and the final tidying of the road.

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